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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. How old was Harjo in the summer just before she entered elementary school?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

2. On what type of format did Harjo's mother record one of her original songs?
(a) Vinyl.
(b) CD.
(c) 8-track.
(d) Cassette.

3. In what year was "a huge oil gusher" (13) discovered on land partly owned by Henry Marcy Harjo?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1930.

4. 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) 17.
(b) 9.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

5. Harjo's stepfather threatened to kill her mother and her children if her mother ever took what action?
(a) Called the police.
(b) Hit him back.
(c) Left him.
(d) Cheated on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Desmond Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?

2. 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?

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

4. Harjo states that which person in her family is "one of the oldest living relatives in [her] family line" (13)?

5. Which member of Harjo's family was born with a caul over her face?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Osceola and what is the significance of Harjo's connection to him?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. Discuss two instances when the force Harjo calls "the knowing" (71) somehow assisted her.

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

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

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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