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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. When one of Harjo's classrooms had previously been used for "apartment living" (77) courses, what objects still lined one wall?
(a) Sewing machines.
(b) Washing machines.
(c) Sinks.
(d) Stoves.

2. Which member of the young Cherokee man's family was a healer within the tribe?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His brother.

3. What element of life does Harjo classify as "direct communication with the sacred" (75)?
(a) Dance.
(b) Music.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Visual art.

4. How old was Lupita when her mother died, according to Harjo?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

5. How many months of restriction did Harjo and Lupita receive as punishment for their transgressions at school?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area of the United States did Harjo's all-Indian theater and dance troupe first tour?

2. What instrument did Harjo's music teacher forbid her to play, causing her to quit the band?

3. How many classes did Harjo take from Louis Ballard during her time at the Institute of American Indian Arts?

4. With whom did Harjo stay for the first week after she arrived in Tahlequah?

5. Which member of Lupita's family had been having sex with her since her mother died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What statement does Harjo make about the veracity of the italicized portion of the part entitled North?

8. What happened to Louis Ballard about five years before the publication of Crazy Brave?

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

10. With what types of traumas were many of Harjo's classmates dealing as they attended the Institute of American Indian Arts?

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