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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. Lupita was Harjo's friend and also her what?
(a) Tutor.
(b) Running partner.
(c) Roommate.
(d) Lab partner.

2. Who promised to send Harjo a bus ticket to Tahlequah?
(a) Her Cherokee boyfriend.
(b) Her advisor.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

3. How old was Harjo at the time she left home four months pregnant bound for Tahlequah on a bus?
(a) 24.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

4. The morning after the party, Harjo was asked to report to the office of which person?
(a) Louis Ballard.
(b) Mrs. Wilhelm.
(c) Leona May Baker.
(d) Henry Marcy Harjo.

5. The young men who walked away from the ditch and toward Harjo were taking what action as they walked?
(a) They were punching one another.
(b) They were snickering.
(c) They were eating.
(d) They were taking shots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Harjo, her husband, and her children moved to Tulsa, one of her "mother-in-law's enemies came to her as a" (109) what?

2. Which adjective was NOT mentioned by the people who warned Harjo about her soon-to-be mother-in-law?

3. What is the meaning of the Cherokee name Wynema, according to Harjo?

4. How old was Lupita when her mother died, according to Harjo?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What obstacle briefly stood in the way of Harjo's ability to tour the Pacific Northwest with her troupe of actors and dancers?

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

5. What is the significance of the release form Harjo signed at the Indian hospital when she had her first child?

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

9. Who was Louis Ballard?

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

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