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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What substance did Harjo's mother-in-law use to put a curse on Harjo, according to her husband?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Maize.
(c) Oil.
(d) Steam.

2. What objects does Harjo say acted as evidence that she and many other young women "wanted to live" (78)?
(a) Children.
(b) Diplomas.
(c) Tears.
(d) Scars.

3. What object does Harjo say "symbolizes the important warrior road" (106)?
(a) The abdomen.
(b) The placenta.
(c) The umbilical cord.
(d) The vagina.

4. The morning after the party, Harjo was asked to report to the office of which person?
(a) Mrs. Wilhelm.
(b) Henry Marcy Harjo.
(c) Leona May Baker.
(d) Louis Ballard.

5. What instrument did Harjo's music teacher forbid her to play, causing her to quit the band?
(a) Drums.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Xylophone.
(d) Flute.

6. Lupita was Harjo's friend and also her what?
(a) Running partner.
(b) Roommate.
(c) Tutor.
(d) Lab partner.

7. On the title page of the part of the text entitled West, Harjo writes that west is the direction of what?
(a) Funerals.
(b) Endings.
(c) Answers.
(d) Questions.

8. Which artist or genre is NOT mentioned by Harjo in her list of four favorites from her adolescence?
(a) Andy Warhol.
(b) Frank Zappa.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Funk.

9. When one of Harjo's classrooms had previously been used for "apartment living" (77) courses, what objects still lined one wall?
(a) Washing machines.
(b) Stoves.
(c) Sinks.
(d) Sewing machines.

10. What did Harjo do while Lupita cried all night at the end of the part of the memoir entitled North?
(a) She held Lupita in her arms.
(b) She studied.
(c) She prayed.
(d) She drew.

11. In what state did Harjo begin to attend the high school called the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Texas.
(d) Kansas.

12. To whose house did Harjo return after the troupe's tour was over?
(a) Her stepfather's.
(b) Her aunt's.
(c) Her boss's.
(d) Her brother's.

13. About how much money did Harjo have with her when she boarded the bus for Tahlequah?
(a) 100 dollars.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 10 dollars.
(d) 50 dollars.

14. How did Harjo and the other members of the troupe feel when they heard citizens of a particular town call them "Dirty Indians" (99)?
(a) Saddened.
(b) Angry.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Apathetic.

15. In what town during the troupe's tour did the town's citizens throw objects at the troupe's members?
(a) Seattle.
(b) La Grande.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Oklahoma City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the young Cherokee man's family was a healer within the tribe?

2. How many classes did Harjo take from Louis Ballard during her time at the Institute of American Indian Arts?

3. Harjo reports that John Staudenmaier had taught her to "pay attention to the poetry of" (77) what?

4. About how long before Louis Ballard's death did Harjo last visit with him?

5. Harjo states that she was "fully ensconced" (97) in what two types of art classes, rather than being a well-rounded student?

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