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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. In what city did did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Topeka.
(d) Tyler.

2. 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?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

3. When Harjo located Lupita at the party, Lupita joked that she had been on what planet?
(a) Mars.
(b) Venus.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Saturn.

4. Which person threatened Harjo with physical harm if she ever sang inside the house again?
(a) Her brother Allen.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her stepfather.
(d) Her biological father.

5. Which person did Harjo consider the only one who had ever stood up for her against her stepfather?
(a) Louis Ballard.
(b) Clarence.
(c) Mrs. Wilhelm.
(d) Lupita.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harjo states that her mother-in-law used what sort of tactic to try to expel her from the house?

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

3. What is NOT an assertion Harjo's stepfather made about her in the letter he sent to Mrs. Wilhelm?

4. On the title page of the part of the text entitled West, Harjo writes that west is the direction of what?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Louis Ballard?

2. What secret was Harjo keeping by the time she came back from touring the Pacific Northwest with the troupe of dancers and actors?

3. In what way did Harjo's mother-in-law's cruelty come back to haunt her?

4. What link does Harjo suggest exists between creativity and healing?

5. What types of coping methods did Harjo's peers use to deal with the negative effects of trauma?

6. What punishment did Lupita and Harjo receive for their transgression at school near the end of the part of the memoir entitled North?

7. What obstacle briefly stood in the way of Harjo's ability to tour the Pacific Northwest with her troupe of actors and dancers?

8. What clues does Harjo provide to the reader regarding the coming ability of her Cherokee boyfriend to provide for his family?

9. In what way did Harjo feel she had let Mrs. Wilhelm down in the part of the text entitled North?

10. At what age did Harjo become entwined in a relationship with an older Cherokee man and how did they meet?

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