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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. With what element did Harjo associate beauty when she was a small child?
(a) Fate.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Elegance.
(d) Danger.

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

3. Leona May Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?
(a) Her maternal grandmother.
(b) Her paternal grandmother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her great-aunt.

4. What sport did Harjo's stepfather enjoy watching on television when he was not beating or berating his family?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Football.
(d) Golf.

5. Henry Marcy Harjo was the grandfather of which of her family members?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her second cousin.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Harjo's family name as having been born with second sight?

2. What form of writing did Harjo's mother enjoy creating the most?

3. In what year was "a huge oil gusher" (13) discovered on land partly owned by Henry Marcy Harjo?

4. How many of Harjo's mother's children attended her second wedding ceremony?

5. On the title page of the part of the text entitled East, Harjo writes that east is the direction of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name and discuss two themes that emerge within the epigraph of the memoir Crazy Brave.

2. For what reason did Harjo feel drawn toward the Haight-Ashbury district in the late 1960s?

3. What sort of school was the Institute of American Indian Arts and how did Harjo feel about attending?

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

5. How does Harjo interpret the preacher's behavior on the day the three Mexican-American sisters come to church?

6. What role did Jazz music play in the development of Harjo's identity?

7. Discuss a moment in the part of the text entitled East when Harjo provides a feminist perspective.

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. Who was Osceola and what is the significance of Harjo's connection to him?

10. What events does Harjo imagine would have unfolded if a member of the family had called the police about their stepfather's abuse?

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