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

2. What is NOT one of the elements Harjo vows to feed her son so that he will flourish?
(a) Beans.
(b) Dreams and stories.
(c) Corn.
(d) Cornbread.

3. What did Harjo do while Lupita cried all night at the end of the part of the memoir entitled North?
(a) She drew.
(b) She prayed.
(c) She held Lupita in her arms.
(d) She studied.

4. 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) Rich.
(d) Non-profit organizations.

5. Which comedian was an avid supporter of Harjo's all-Indian theater and dance troupe?
(a) Milton Berle.
(b) Jerry Seinfeld.
(c) Louie Anderson.
(d) Jonathan Winters.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the title page of the part of the text entitled West, Harjo writes that west is the direction of what?

2. What was the title of the play put on by students at the Indian school Harjo attended?

3. In what state did Harjo begin to attend the high school called the Institute of American Indian Arts?

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

5. What objects did the troupe have thrown at them as they walked along the road in one particular town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What punishment did Lupita and Harjo receive for their transgression at school near the end of the part of the memoir entitled North?

3. In what way was Harjo an outlier within the troupe of actors and dancers to which she belonged?

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

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

6. In what way does Harjo associate the Institute of American Indian Arts with the motif of paths and journeys?

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

8. Name one decision in Harjo's life that she now attributes to the knowing.

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

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

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