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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of Harjo's family name as having been born with second sight?
(a) Her great-aunt.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

2. How much older than Harjo's mother was the man she ended up with after divorcing Harjo's father?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. In what room of the house did Harjo awake to find her stepfather hurting her little sister Margaret?
(a) The garage.
(b) The living room.
(c) The den.
(d) The kitchen.

4. When Harjo's stepfather began to come into her room each morning, what action did he always take as she lay in bed?
(a) He rubbed her back.
(b) He touched her breasts.
(c) He combed her hair.
(d) He hit her with a belt.

5. Harjo learned at church that anything "visionary on a personal level," (37) especially in girls or women, was what?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Worthy of attention.
(c) Evil.
(d) Fiction.

6. A poem included at the start of the part entitled North states that "the door to the mind should open only from the" (46) what?
(a) Inside.
(b) Heart.
(c) Hands.
(d) Gut.

7. Harjo states that she is a member of which Indian nation?
(a) The Sioux Nation.
(b) The Puebla Nation.
(c) The Creek Nation.
(d) The Lakota Nation.

8. What nationality and tribe does Harjo mention when she calls Leona May Baker "a potent meeting of storytellers, teachers, and musicians" (31)?
(a) Irish and Modoc.
(b) Irish and Cherokee.
(c) English and Apache.
(d) Scottish and Sioux.

9. Which of the five senses was the only one Harjo was able to use the night her stepfather poured liquid onto her mother?
(a) Smell.
(b) Touch.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Sight.

10. In what type of activity did Harjo's mother partake on a weekly basis with her girlfriends?
(a) Golf.
(b) Knitting circle.
(c) Book club.
(d) Shuffleboard.

11. How old was Harjo's sister Margaret when Harjo awoke to find her stepfather holding Margaret up in the air by one leg?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

12. In what way is Harjo related to the Seminole tribe member who refused to sign a treaty with the United States government?
(a) He is her great-uncle.
(b) He is her great-great grandfather.
(c) He is her second cousin, twice removed.
(d) He is the uncle of her grandparents.

13. On the title page of the part of the text entitled East, Harjo writes that east is the direction of what?
(a) Mornings.
(b) Reckoning.
(c) Beginnings.
(d) Routines.

14. What form of writing did Harjo's mother enjoy creating the most?
(a) Novels.
(b) Poems.
(c) Songs.
(d) Plays.

15. What action did Harjo begin to take in hopes of keeping her family safe from the wrath of her stepfather?
(a) She began to collect knives.
(b) She began to have friends over.
(c) She began to stay awake all night.
(d) She began to speak with the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action did Harjo's stepfather threaten to take once he had promised to kill Harjo's mother and children if she ever took a particular action?

2. How old was Harjo on the occasion when she and her mother stayed up late to monitor a hurricane in the area?

3. In what decade did Harjo visit a palm reader who told her that she had an "alternate lifeline" (72) on her left hand?

4. With what object did Harjo's stepfather hit her little sister on the occasion described by Harjo?

5. With what element did Harjo associate beauty when she was a small child?

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