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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The items along the wall in one of Harjo's classrooms at the art institute were used to train Indian students to work for what kinds of families upon graduation?
(a) Non-profit organizations.
(b) Rich.
(c) White.
(d) Poor.

2. How old was Harjo when she met the Cherokee young man who would become her first lover?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

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

4. The young men who walked away from the ditch and toward Harjo were taking what action as they walked?
(a) They were punching one another.
(b) They were eating.
(c) They were taking shots.
(d) They were snickering.

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

6. In what season of the year did the Indian school put on a production of a play by Shelagh Delaney?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

7. How many high school students, including Harjo, were members of the all-Indian dance and drama troupe?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

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

9. With which two tribes was Louis Ballard affiliated, according to Harjo?
(a) Quapaw and Seneca.
(b) Quapaw and Cherokee.
(c) Sioux and Cherokee.
(d) Choctaw and Creek.

10. For what reason did the music teacher prohibit Harjo from playing a particular instrument?
(a) Because she was not old enough.
(b) Because she had already had a turn.
(c) Because she had no rhythm.
(d) Because she had not asked permission first.

11. Harjo states that many Indian women who gave birth at the Indian hospital unknowingly signed a form giving doctors permission to take what action?
(a) To perform a Caesarean section.
(b) To give an epidural.
(c) To sterlize them.
(d) To perform an episiotomy.

12. Which member of Lupita's family had been having sex with her since her mother died?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her grandfather.

13. What did Mrs. Wilhelm do with the letter Harjo's stepfather sent to her disparaging Harjo's character?
(a) She gave it back to Harjo.
(b) She ripped it up.
(c) She burned it.
(d) She gave it to the police.

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

15. How many classes did Harjo take from Louis Ballard during her time at the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Harjo say "symbolizes the important warrior road" (106)?

2. How old was Harjo at the time she left home four months pregnant bound for Tahlequah on a bus?

3. The young Cherokee man who became Harjo's lover was at least how many years old when they met?

4. In what season of the year did a friend of Harjo's suggest that she take an acting class?

5. How old was Lupita when her mother died, according to Harjo?

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