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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of delight does Harjo say she lost the day she acquiesced to her mother's demand that she put on a shirt?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Fearsome.
(c) Earthly.
(d) Earthy.

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

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

4. About what type of tree was the song Harjo's mother recorded using a particular music format?
(a) A eucalyptus tree.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A willow tree.
(d) A palm tree.

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

6. On what type of format did Harjo's mother record one of her original songs?
(a) CD.
(b) Cassette.
(c) Vinyl.
(d) 8-track.

7. What kind of school had Harjo just begun to attend when her "travel through story realms stopped" (37)?
(a) Indian.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Private.
(d) Public.

8. How many children were in Harjo's household just before her mother married Harjo's stepfather?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

9. How many of Harjo's mother's children attended her second wedding ceremony?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

10. Harjo recalls coming home to find her siblings terrified at having just witnessed which person force their mother to play Russian roulette with a loaded gun?
(a) Allen.
(b) Harjo's stepfather.
(c) Harjo's biological father.
(d) Lupita.

11. The Institute of American Indian Arts attended Harjo attended was located in which state?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Texas.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Kansas.

12. What was the name of the street where Harjo's mother and stepfather moved their combined families after their wedding?
(a) Elm Street.
(b) Blame Street.
(c) Independence Street.
(d) Willow Street.

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

14. 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) Bury them in the backyard.
(b) Leave them in the desert.
(c) Dump them in the ocean.
(d) Burn them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How old was Harjo when she received a ouija board as a present?

3. In what type of activity did Harjo's mother partake on a weekly basis with her girlfriends?

4. Harjo says that as she listened to her mother sing at her last public performance, she felt her mother's "spirit reach up and touch" (52) what?

5. What was the name of the Seminole tribe member who refused to sign a treaty with the United States government?

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