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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harjo says that she started school at the Institute of American Indian Arts, she was "fresh from escaping the emotional" what "of her childhood" (73)?
(a) Winter.
(b) Freeze.
(c) Wreck.
(d) Pain.

2. About how long before Louis Ballard's death did Harjo last visit with him?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 9 months.

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

4. In what city did did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) Topeka.
(b) Omaha.
(c) Tyler.
(d) Santa Fe.

5. How old was Lupita when her mother died, according to Harjo?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

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

7. What element of life does Harjo classify as "direct communication with the sacred" (75)?
(a) Music.
(b) Visual art.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Dance.

8. In what year did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1967.

9. When Harjo went to stay with her fiance's grandmother, she liked to take part in the old woman's visits with her friends in what area of town?
(a) The town square.
(b) The park.
(c) The bank parking lot.
(d) The library.

10. With whom did Harjo stay for the first week after she arrived in Tahlequah?
(a) Other homeless teens.
(b) A local farmer.
(c) Her fiance.
(d) Friends of her fiance's.

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

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

13. 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 sterlize them.
(b) To perform an episiotomy.
(c) To perform a Caesarean section.
(d) To give an epidural.

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

15. What object did Harjo's fiance force her to pawn as soon as she reached Tahlequah?
(a) Her turquoise bracelet.
(b) Her turquoise ring.
(c) Her turquoise earrings.
(d) Her turquoise necklace.

Short Answer Questions

1. The title page of the section entitled West states that the westerly direction is "the doorway to the" (95) what?

2. Harjo states that her mother-in-law used what sort of tactic to try to expel her from the house?

3. About how much money did Harjo have with her when she boarded the bus for Tahlequah?

4. What did Mrs. Wilhelm do with the letter Harjo's stepfather sent to her disparaging Harjo's character?

5. How old was Harjo when she met the Cherokee young man who would become her first lover?

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