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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 many high school students, including Harjo, were members of the all-Indian dance and drama troupe?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

2. The items along the wall in one of Harjo's classrooms at the art institute were used to train Indian students to work for what kinds of families upon graduation?
(a) White.
(b) Poor.
(c) Non-profit organizations.
(d) Rich.

3. What is NOT an assertion Harjo's stepfather made about her in the letter he sent to Mrs. Wilhelm?
(a) She was a liar.
(b) She was promiscuous.
(c) She needed to be kept under constant surveillance.
(d) She was a thief.

4. About how long before Louis Ballard's death did Harjo last visit with him?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 1 year.

5. How old was Harjo when she met the Cherokee young man who would become her first lover?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?

2. To whose house did Harjo return after the troupe's tour was over?

3. Harjo states that many Indian women who gave birth at the Indian hospital unknowingly signed a form giving doctors permission to take what action?

4. Harjo states that she was "fully ensconced" (97) in what two types of art classes, rather than being a well-rounded student?

5. What type of intoxicants did Harjo, Lupita, and the rest of their friends ingest when the two girls got into trouble the next day?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way did Harjo's mother-in-law's cruelty come back to haunt her?

2. What clues does Harjo provide to the reader regarding the coming ability of her Cherokee boyfriend to provide for his family?

3. What was the primary emotion Harjo felt upon arriving at the Institute of American Indian Arts?

4. Who was Louis Ballard?

5. What does the line of stoves within the memoir symbolize?

6. At what age did Harjo become entwined in a relationship with an older Cherokee man and how did they meet?

7. What types of coping methods did Harjo's peers use to deal with the negative effects of trauma?

8. In what town did the members of the Indian acting and dancing troupe experience blatant racism and what form did it take?

9. In what way did Harjo feel she had let Mrs. Wilhelm down in the part of the text entitled North?

10. How did Harjo reach Tahlequah when she failed to receive the promised bus ticket in the mail?

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