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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after the party, Harjo was asked to report to the office of which person?
(a) Louis Ballard.
(b) Henry Marcy Harjo.
(c) Leona May Baker.
(d) Mrs. Wilhelm.

2. What was the title of the play put on by students at the Indian school Harjo attended?
(a) Equus.
(b) A Taste of Honey.
(c) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
(d) A Raisin in the Sun.

3. About how much money did Harjo have with her when she boarded the bus for Tahlequah?
(a) 100 dollars.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 50 dollars.
(d) 10 dollars.

4. Harjo reports that John Staudenmaier had taught her to "pay attention to the poetry of" (77) what?
(a) The wind.
(b) Living.
(c) Nature.
(d) Everyday language.

5. Lupita was Harjo's friend and also her what?
(a) Tutor.
(b) Lab partner.
(c) Roommate.
(d) Running partner.

6. About how many years before the publication of Crazy Brave did Louis Ballard die?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 2.

7. How old was Harjo when she met the Cherokee young man who would become her first lover?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

8. Who or what does Harjo now believe was the source of her decision to take an acting class?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The knowing.

9. How did Harjo and the other members of the troupe feel when they heard citizens of a particular town call them "Dirty Indians" (99)?
(a) Saddened.
(b) Angry.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Apathetic.

10. Who promised to send Harjo a bus ticket to Tahlequah?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her Cherokee boyfriend.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her advisor.

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

12. 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.

13. In what state did Harjo begin to attend the high school called the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Texas.

14. Harjo discusses the way in which she and her friends had defined themselves as teenagers with what element?
(a) Slang.
(b) Sports.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Music.

15. In what area of the United States did Harjo's all-Indian theater and dance troupe first tour?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) New York City.
(c) The Pacific Northwest.
(d) The Bay Area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the Cherokee name Wynema, according to Harjo?

2. What did Harjo do when the promised bus ticket to Tahlequah did not arrive?

3. What was Lupita doing when Harjo arrived at the office to which she had been summoned?

4. Which of Harjo's family members is revealed to have the first name Wynema?

5. When Harjo went to stay with her fiance's grandmother, she liked to take part in the old woman's visits with her friends in what area of town?

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