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

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

3. How old was Harjo when she met the Cherokee young man who would become her first lover?
(a) 19.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

4. What object did Harjo's fiance force her to pawn as soon as she reached Tahlequah?
(a) Her turquoise bracelet.
(b) Her turquoise earrings.
(c) Her turquoise necklace.
(d) Her turquoise ring.

5. In what town during the troupe's tour did the town's citizens throw objects at the troupe's members?
(a) La Grande.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) Buffalo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Harjo's Cherokee boyfriend had a daughter named Ratatonia who was how old at the time Harjo traveled to Tahlequah?

3. What objects does Harjo say acted as evidence that she and many other young women "wanted to live" (78)?

4. In what year did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Harjo reach Tahlequah when she failed to receive the promised bus ticket in the mail?

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

7. Who was Mrs. Wilhelm and what did she do to surprise Harjo soon after Harjo's arrival at the art institute?

8. Who was Louis Ballard?

9. In what town did the members of the Indian acting and dancing troupe experience blatant racism and what form did it take?

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

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