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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?

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

3. Harjo states that which person in her family is "one of the oldest living relatives in [her] family line" (13)?

4. What metaphorical action does Harjo use to describe the way her fear drove her to remain in one place on the time and space continuum?

5. How many sisters does Harjo have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which member of Harjo's family was born with a caul over her face and what is the significance of this fact?

2. What new behavior did Harjo's stepfather begin to exhibit each day after her mother left for work?

3. Discuss an instance of irony that also acts as an example of foreshadowing within the part of the memoir called North.

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

5. In what way does Harjo use sensory details to get across a particular message to the reader in the part of the text entitled East?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Harjo’s use of characterization methods to portray herself at different ages within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in Crazy Brave?

Essay Topic 2

Choose an object from Crazy Brave, such as the chocolate bar, the lizard, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Harjo's choice to tell the story of Crazy Brave using both prose and poetry. What elements of the memoir's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Harjo’s intended effects on the reader?

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