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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element does Harjo say "can help raise a people up or call them to gather for war" (11)?
(a) Music.
(b) Hardship.
(c) Literature.
(d) Dance.

2. Desmond Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her paternal grandfather.
(c) Her great-uncle.
(d) Her maternal grandfather.

3. Hurricane Carla moved up the entire coastline of what state before moving on to the Tulsa area?
(a) Florida.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Texas.
(d) Georgia.

4. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Monsoons.
(c) Floods.
(d) Earthquakes.

5. Henry Marcy Harjo was the grandfather of which of her family members?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her second cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of church had Harjo just begun to attend when her "travel through story realms stopped" (37)?

2. What is NOT an item Harjo mentions when she describes how her mother "dressed for her musical coming-out party" (50)?

3. Leona May Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?

4. What was the name of the street where Harjo's mother and stepfather moved their combined families after their wedding?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss a moment in the part of the text entitled East when Harjo provides a feminist perspective.

2. What is Harjo's message regarding the way in which everyone must deal with their "gulfs of sadness" (15)?

3. What role did Jazz music play in the development of Harjo's identity?

4. What sort of school was the Institute of American Indian Arts and how did Harjo feel about attending?

5. How are the themes of risk and reward depicted within the part of the text entitled North?

6. What is the significance of the palm reader's analysis of Harjo's left hand in the part of the text entitled North?

7. In what way does Harjo use sensory details to get across a particular message to the reader in the part of the text entitled East?

8. In what unique way does Harjo reveal events that occurred prior to her birth and what does she hope to achieve?

9. What sort of coping mechanisms does Harjo portray as detrimental, rather than helpful?

10. Discuss an instance of irony that also acts as an example of foreshadowing within the part of the memoir called North.

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