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

2. Which member of Harjo's family was born with a caul over her face?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her great-grandmother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her niece.

3. About what type of tree was the song Harjo's mother recorded using a particular music format?
(a) An oak tree.
(b) A palm tree.
(c) A willow tree.
(d) A eucalyptus tree.

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

5. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Monsoons.
(c) Tornadoes.
(d) Floods.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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

3. When Harjo's stepfather began to come into her room each morning, what action did he always take as she lay in bed?

4. The Institute of American Indian Arts attended Harjo attended was located in which state?

5. On the title page of the part of the text entitled East, Harjo writes that east is the direction of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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