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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through North: Pages 46-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harjo states that which person in her family is "one of the oldest living relatives in [her] family line" (13)?
(a) Her maternal grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her mother.

2. What action did Harjo's stepfather threaten to take once he had promised to kill Harjo's mother and children if she ever took a particular action?
(a) Burn them.
(b) Bury them in the backyard.
(c) Dump them in the ocean.
(d) Leave them in the desert.

3. Harjo states that she is a member of which Indian nation?
(a) The Creek Nation.
(b) The Sioux Nation.
(c) The Lakota Nation.
(d) The Puebla Nation.

4. What type of creatures did Harjo find in the grass on the evening her mother told her to get inside and put a shirt on?
(a) Mice.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Salamanders.
(d) Foxes.

5. How many hours did it take Harjo's family to drive to the location of her mother's final public singing performance?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. A poem included at the start of the part entitled North states that "the door to the mind should open only from the" (46) what?

2. Harjo learned at church that anything "visionary on a personal level," (37) especially in girls or women, was what?

3. 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?

4. With what object did Harjo's stepfather hit her little sister on the occasion described by Harjo?

5. How old was Harjo on the occasion when she and her mother stayed up late to monitor a hurricane in the area?

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