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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Harjo when she exhibited symptoms of polio?
(a) 6.
(b) 16.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

2. In what way is Harjo related to the Seminole tribe member who refused to sign a treaty with the United States government?
(a) He is her great-great grandfather.
(b) He is the uncle of her grandparents.
(c) He is her second cousin, twice removed.
(d) He is her great-uncle.

3. Which of the five senses was the only one Harjo was able to use the night her stepfather poured liquid onto her mother?
(a) Sight.
(b) Smell.
(c) Touch.
(d) Hearing.

4. In the epigraph of the memoir, Harjo states that she "traveled far above the earth" (8) how many times?
(a) 2.
(b) 9.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Harjo states that she is a member of which Indian nation?

2. The last singing performance Harjo ever saw her mother give took place at what type of event?

3. 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?

4. On the title page of the part of the text entitled North, Harjo writes that north is the direction where which people live?

5. What nationality and tribe does Harjo mention when she calls Leona May Baker "a potent meeting of storytellers, teachers, and musicians" (31)?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Harjo use sensory details to get across a particular message to the reader in the part of the text entitled East?

2. What is the significance of the palm reader's analysis of Harjo's left hand in the part of the text entitled North?

3. What is Harjo's message regarding the way in which everyone must deal with their "gulfs of sadness" (15)?

4. What new behavior did Harjo's stepfather begin to exhibit each day after her mother left for work?

5. Discuss an instance of irony that also acts as an example of foreshadowing within the part of the memoir called North.

6. For what reason did Harjo associate beauty with danger in her early childhood?

7. Which member of Harjo's family was born with a caul over her face and what is the significance of this fact?

8. For what reason does Harjo's mother stay with her second husband, even when it becomes clear that he is controlling and abusive?

9. How and why did Harjo's career plans change during her first year at the Institute of American Indian Arts?

10. In what unique way does Harjo reveal events that occurred prior to her birth and what does she hope to achieve?

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