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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through North: Pages 73-94.

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) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. What form of writing did Harjo's mother enjoy creating the most?
(a) Poems.
(b) Songs.
(c) Plays.
(d) Novels.

3. What nationality and tribe does Harjo mention when she calls Leona May Baker "a potent meeting of storytellers, teachers, and musicians" (31)?
(a) English and Apache.
(b) Irish and Modoc.
(c) Irish and Cherokee.
(d) Scottish and Sioux.

4. What type of procedure did Harjo have to undergo to determine whether she had polio or not?
(a) A biopsy.
(b) A stress test.
(c) An EKG.
(d) A spinal tap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Seminole tribe member who refused to sign a treaty with the United States government?

2. After Harjo's stepfather spent the whole drive home from the singing performance berating her mother, what action did her mother take when they got home?

3. Harjo states that she is a member of which Indian nation?

4. About how long before Louis Ballard's death did Harjo last visit with him?

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?

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