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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through West.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT an item Harjo mentions when she describes how her mother "dressed for her musical coming-out party" (50)?
(a) Satin.
(b) Denim.
(c) Frills.
(d) Perfume.

2. When Harjo located Lupita at the party, Lupita joked that she had been on what planet?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Venus.
(c) Mars.
(d) Jupiter.

3. The last singing performance Harjo ever saw her mother give took place at what type of event?
(a) A picnic.
(b) A rodeo.
(c) A dance.
(d) A banquet.

4. 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?
(a) Heart.
(b) Hands.
(c) Inside.
(d) Gut.

5. With which two tribes was Louis Ballard affiliated, according to Harjo?
(a) Choctaw and Creek.
(b) Quapaw and Cherokee.
(c) Quapaw and Seneca.
(d) Sioux and Cherokee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did Harjo visit a palm reader who told her that she had an "alternate lifeline" (72) on her left hand?

2. What was the title of the play put on by students at the Indian school Harjo attended?

3. For what reason did the music teacher prohibit Harjo from playing a particular instrument?

4. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?

5. How many children were in Harjo's household just before her mother married Harjo's stepfather?

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