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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument did Harjo's music teacher forbid her to play, causing her to quit the band?
(a) Drums.
(b) Flute.
(c) Xylophone.
(d) Saxophone.

2. How old was Harjo on the occasion when she and her mother stayed up late to monitor a hurricane in the area?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

3. Harjo learned at church that anything "visionary on a personal level," (37) especially in girls or women, was what?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Evil.
(d) Worthy of attention.

4. Which comedian was an avid supporter of Harjo's all-Indian theater and dance troupe?
(a) Louie Anderson.
(b) Milton Berle.
(c) Jonathan Winters.
(d) Jerry Seinfeld.

5. How many brothers does Harjo have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

Short Answer 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?

2. What kind of church had Harjo just begun to attend when her "travel through story realms stopped" (37)?

3. How many of Harjo's mother's children attended her second wedding ceremony?

4. What objects does Harjo say acted as evidence that she and many other young women "wanted to live" (78)?

5. How old was Harjo at the time she left home four months pregnant bound for Tahlequah on a bus?

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