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

2. How many of Harjo's mother's children attended her second wedding ceremony?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

3. A poem included at the start of the part entitled North states that "the door to the mind should open only from the" (46) what?
(a) Gut.
(b) Heart.
(c) Inside.
(d) Hands.

4. How many sisters does Harjo have?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. How many children were in Harjo's household just before her mother married Harjo's stepfather?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. For what reason did Harjo associate beauty with danger in her early childhood?

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