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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 friends of Harjo's did she suspect had just had sex with Lupita when they came ambling toward her away from the ditch?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. In what season of the year did the Indian school put on a production of a play by Shelagh Delaney?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

3. What kind of priest was John Staudenmaier studying to be when Harjo met him?
(a) Monastic.
(b) Jesuit.
(c) Franciscan.
(d) Diocesan.

4. Who lent money to Harjo so that she could join her Cherokee boyfriend in Tahlequah?
(a) Ray.
(b) Allen.
(c) Stan.
(d) Max.

5. The title page of the section entitled West states that the westerly direction is "the doorway to the" (95) what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Ancestors.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Past.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how much money did Harjo have with her when she boarded the bus for Tahlequah?

2. The young men who walked away from the ditch and toward Harjo were taking what action as they walked?

3. How many months of restriction did Harjo and Lupita receive as punishment for their transgressions at school?

4. Lupita was Harjo's friend and also her what?

5. Harjo's Cherokee boyfriend had a daughter named Ratatonia who was how old at the time Harjo traveled to Tahlequah?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What link does Harjo suggest exists between creativity and healing?

5. Who was Mrs. Wilhelm and what did she do to surprise Harjo soon after Harjo's arrival at the art institute?

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

7. What rumors did Harjo hear about her future mother-in-law and how did they compare with reality?

8. What secret was Harjo keeping by the time she came back from touring the Pacific Northwest with the troupe of dancers and actors?

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

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

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