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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. To what district of San Francisco did Harjo briefly feel compelled to move in the 1960s?
(a) Mission.
(b) Tenderloin.
(c) Nob Hill.
(d) Haight-Ashbury.

2. What was NOT a symptom of polio Harjo displayed in her youth?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Congestion.
(c) A headache.
(d) Stiff muscles.

3. When Harjo's stepfather began to come into her room each morning, what action did he always take as she lay in bed?
(a) He hit her with a belt.
(b) He combed her hair.
(c) He touched her breasts.
(d) He rubbed her back.

4. What transgression did Harjo's stepfather accuse her mother of one evening when she returned from a weekly meeting with her girlfriends?
(a) Lying.
(b) Singing.
(c) Cheating.
(d) Stealing.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of haunted building did Harjo and her family once live when they had no money for rent?

2. In what state was Harjo born?

3. What type of procedure did Harjo have to undergo to determine whether she had polio or not?

4. Hurricane Carla moved up the entire coastline of what state before moving on to the Tulsa area?

5. Harjo's mother threatened to hit her with what object if she continued to talk back about putting on a shirt?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Harjo's mother stay with her second husband, even when it becomes clear that he is controlling and abusive?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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