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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. The last singing performance Harjo ever saw her mother give took place at what type of event?
(a) A dance.
(b) A rodeo.
(c) A picnic.
(d) A banquet.

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

3. By what age had Harjo tired of hearing the Bible misused "to prove the superiority of white people” and “to enforce the domination of women by men” (68)?
(a) 9.
(b) 17.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

4. In the epigraph of the memoir, Harjo states that she "traveled far above the earth" (8) how many times?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what liquid did Harjo's stepfather douse her mother on the night she came home from a weekly visit with her girlfriends?

2. On what type of format did Harjo's mother record one of her original songs?

3. How many children were in Harjo's household just before her mother married Harjo's stepfather?

4. How old was Harjo's sister Margaret when Harjo awoke to find her stepfather holding Margaret up in the air by one leg?

5. In what year was "a huge oil gusher" (13) discovered on land partly owned by Henry Marcy Harjo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which member of Harjo's family was born with a caul over her face and what is the significance of this fact?

2. What events does Harjo imagine would have unfolded if a member of the family had called the police about their stepfather's abuse?

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

4. What is the significance of the song entitled "Weeping Willow" (34)?

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

6. Soon after Harjo's family moved to the house on Independence Street, Harjo awoke to the sound of her sister crying. What was going on?

7. What new behavior did Harjo's stepfather begin to exhibit each day after her mother left for work?

8. For what reason did Harjo feel drawn toward the Haight-Ashbury district in the late 1960s?

9. How does Harjo interpret the preacher's behavior on the day the three Mexican-American sisters come to church?

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

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