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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. When Harjo's stepfather began to come into her room each morning, what action did he always take as she lay in bed?
(a) He rubbed her back.
(b) He combed her hair.
(c) He touched her breasts.
(d) He hit her with a belt.

2. What is NOT a substance Harjo classifies as a "plant medicine" (66)?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Tequila.

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

4. To what district of San Francisco did Harjo briefly feel compelled to move in the 1960s?
(a) Tenderloin.
(b) Mission.
(c) Haight-Ashbury.
(d) Nob Hill.

5. To what type of music was Harjo listening when she had what she calls her "rite of passage into the world of humanity" (10)?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Balinese.
(c) Opera.
(d) Bluegrass.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older than Harjo's mother was the man she ended up with after divorcing Harjo's father?

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

3. What sport did Harjo's stepfather enjoy watching on television when he was not beating or berating his family?

4. How old was Harjo when she exhibited symptoms of polio?

5. How old was Harjo's sister Margaret when Harjo awoke to find her stepfather holding Margaret up in the air by one leg?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are the themes of risk and reward depicted within the part of the text entitled North?

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

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

6. What sort of coping mechanisms does Harjo portray as detrimental, rather than helpful?

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

8. Discuss two instances when the force Harjo calls "the knowing" (71) somehow assisted her.

9. Soon after Harjo's family moved to the house on Independence Street, Harjo awoke to the sound of her sister crying. What was going on?

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

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