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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what types of trees did the grandmother of Harjo's fiance spend each morning with her friends?
(a) Elm.
(b) Oak.
(c) Alder.
(d) Maple.

2. Harjo says that she started school at the Institute of American Indian Arts, she was "fresh from escaping the emotional" what "of her childhood" (73)?
(a) Pain.
(b) Freeze.
(c) Winter.
(d) Wreck.

3. To whose house did Harjo return after the troupe's tour was over?
(a) Her aunt's.
(b) Her boss's.
(c) Her stepfather's.
(d) Her brother's.

4. Which member of Harjo's family name as having been born with second sight?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her great-aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object did Harjo's fiance force her to pawn as soon as she reached Tahlequah?

2. How many hours did it take Harjo's family to drive to the location of her mother's final public singing performance?

3. How many months of restriction did Harjo and Lupita receive as punishment for their transgressions at school?

4. About how much money did Harjo have with her when she boarded the bus for Tahlequah?

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

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