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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. What transgression did Harjo's stepfather accuse her mother of one evening when she returned from a weekly meeting with her girlfriends?

2. What kind of school had Harjo just begun to attend when her "travel through story realms stopped" (37)?

3. In what liquid did Harjo's stepfather douse her mother on the night she came home from a weekly visit with her girlfriends?

4. On the title page of the part of the text entitled North, Harjo writes that north is the direction where which people live?

5. How many hours did it take Harjo's family to drive to the location of her mother's final public singing performance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe "the small moment" when "the earthy delight of being five years old," for Harjo, "came falling down" (41).

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

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

4. What is the significance of the song entitled "Weeping Willow" (34)?

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

6. What is the significance of the palm reader's analysis of Harjo's left hand in the part of the text entitled North?

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

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

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

10. For what reason does Harjo's mother stay with her second husband, even when it becomes clear that he is controlling and abusive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Crazy Brave and what is Harjo’s message regarding these themes?

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 treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of Crazy Brave.

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