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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 banquet.
(b) A rodeo.
(c) A dance.
(d) A picnic.

2. After Harjo's stepfather spent the whole drive home from the singing performance berating her mother, what action did her mother take when they got home?
(a) She cooked.
(b) She cleaned.
(c) She slept.
(d) She went to stay with her sister.

3. In what liquid did Harjo's stepfather douse her mother on the night she came home from a weekly visit with her girlfriends?
(a) Water.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Beer.
(d) Juice.

4. In what type of haunted building did Harjo and her family once live when they had no money for rent?
(a) A motel.
(b) A two-story house.
(c) A church.
(d) A school.

5. On the title page of the part of the text entitled North, Harjo writes that north is the direction where which people live?
(a) Shamans.
(b) Magicians.
(c) Difficult teachers.
(d) Doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harjo learned at church that anything "visionary on a personal level," (37) especially in girls or women, was what?

2. Harjo states that she is a member of which Indian nation?

3. In the epigraph of the memoir, Harjo states that she "traveled far above the earth" (8) how many times?

4. How old was Harjo when she exhibited symptoms of polio?

5. What action did Harjo's stepfather threaten to take once he had promised to kill Harjo's mother and children if she ever took a particular action?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why did Harjo's career plans change during her first year at the Institute of American Indian Arts?

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

5. Describe "the small moment" when "the earthy delight of being five years old," for Harjo, "came falling down" (41).

6. Discuss an instance of irony that also acts as an example of foreshadowing within the part of the memoir called 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. Discuss a moment in the part of the text entitled East when Harjo provides a feminist perspective.

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

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

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