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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. When Harjo's stepfather began to come into her room each morning, what action did he always take as she lay in bed?
(a) He rubbed her back.
(b) He combed her hair.
(c) He touched her breasts.
(d) He hit her with a belt.

2. In what liquid did Harjo's stepfather douse her mother on the night she came home from a weekly visit with her girlfriends?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) Water.
(c) Juice.
(d) Beer.

3. In what type of activity did Harjo's mother partake on a weekly basis with her girlfriends?
(a) Golf.
(b) Book club.
(c) Knitting circle.
(d) Shuffleboard.

4. Which of the five senses was the only one Harjo was able to use the night her stepfather poured liquid onto her mother?
(a) Hearing.
(b) Sight.
(c) Smell.
(d) Touch.

5. On the title page of the part of the text entitled North, Harjo writes that north is the direction where which people live?
(a) Difficult teachers.
(b) Magicians.
(c) Shamans.
(d) Doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sisters does Harjo have?

2. To what district of San Francisco did Harjo briefly feel compelled to move in the 1960s?

3. How many brothers does Harjo have?

4. Leona May Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?

5. What did Harjo do while Lupita cried all night at the end of the part of the memoir entitled North?

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