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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many friends of Harjo's did she suspect had just had sex with Lupita when they came ambling toward her away from the ditch?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What was Lupita doing when Harjo arrived at the office to which she had been summoned?
(a) She was lying down.
(b) She was crying.
(c) She was hitting Louis Ballard.
(d) She was screaming.

3. Which person threatened Harjo with physical harm if she ever sang inside the house again?
(a) Her brother Allen.
(b) Her stepfather.
(c) Her biological father.
(d) Her mother.

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

5. When Harjo located Lupita at the party, Lupita joked that she had been on what planet?
(a) Mars.
(b) Venus.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Jupiter.

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

7. Louis Ballard acted in what official capacity during Harjo's journey through school?
(a) Housefather.
(b) Dean.
(c) President.
(d) Advisor.

8. 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) Surprised.
(b) Angry.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Saddened.

9. Harjo's Cherokee boyfriend had a daughter named Ratatonia who was how old at the time Harjo traveled to Tahlequah?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

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

11. What did Harjo do when the promised bus ticket to Tahlequah did not arrive?
(a) She got another job.
(b) She went to Tahlequah anyway.
(c) She enrolled in nursing school.
(d) She went to live with her aunt.

12. What was the title of the play put on by students at the Indian school Harjo attended?
(a) A Raisin in the Sun.
(b) A Taste of Honey.
(c) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
(d) Equus.

13. What is the meaning of the Cherokee name Wynema, according to Harjo?
(a) Handsome man.
(b) Spring rain.
(c) Beautiful woman.
(d) Swift wind.

14. Harjo states that she was "fully ensconced" (97) in what two types of art classes, rather than being a well-rounded student?
(a) Drawing and filmmaking.
(b) Dance and painting.
(c) Drawing and painting.
(d) Poetry and painting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects did the troupe have thrown at them as they walked along the road in one particular town?

2. In what state did Harjo begin to attend the high school called 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 much money did Harjo have with her when she boarded the bus for Tahlequah?

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

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