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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 Institute of American Indian Arts attended Harjo attended was located in which state?
(a) Texas.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Kansas.

2. What is NOT a substance Harjo classifies as a "plant medicine" (66)?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Peyote.

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 rubbed her back.
(b) He touched her breasts.
(c) He hit her with a belt.
(d) He combed her hair.

4. Harjo states that she is a member of which Indian nation?
(a) The Sioux Nation.
(b) The Puebla Nation.
(c) The Lakota Nation.
(d) The Creek Nation.

5. What metaphorical action does Harjo use to describe the way her fear drove her to remain in one place on the time and space continuum?
(a) Killing a beast.
(b) Burrowing into a cave.
(c) Closing the door.
(d) Springing a trap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport did Harjo's stepfather enjoy watching on television when he was not beating or berating his family?

2. What kind of church had Harjo just begun to attend when her "travel through story realms stopped" (37)?

3. How many sisters does Harjo have?

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

5. With what object did Harjo's stepfather hit her little sister on the occasion described by Harjo?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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