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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 year did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1988.

2. Harjo states that her mother-in-law used what sort of tactic to try to expel her from the house?
(a) Witchcraft.
(b) Manipulation.
(c) Reverse psychology.
(d) Gaslighting.

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

4. 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?
(a) The library.
(b) The town square.
(c) The park.
(d) The bank parking lot.

5. What is NOT one of the elements Harjo vows to feed her son so that he will flourish?
(a) Dreams and stories.
(b) Corn.
(c) Cornbread.
(d) Beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Louis Ballard acted in what official capacity during Harjo's journey through school?

2. When Harjo located Lupita at the party, Lupita joked that she had been on what planet?

3. Harjo states that she was "fully ensconced" (97) in what two types of art classes, rather than being a well-rounded student?

4. About how long before Louis Ballard's death did Harjo last visit with him?

5. How old was Lupita when her mother died, according to Harjo?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Harjo associate the Institute of American Indian Arts with the motif of paths and journeys?

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

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

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

5. What was the primary emotion Harjo felt upon arriving at the Institute of American Indian Arts?

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

7. In what way is the theme of a cyclical existence depicted in the epigraph Harjo includes for the part of the text entitled West?

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

9. What happened to Louis Ballard about five years before the publication of Crazy Brave?

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

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