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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 type of procedure did Harjo have to undergo to determine whether she had polio or not?

2. 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?

3. About what type of tree was the song Harjo's mother recorded using a particular music format?

4. On the title page of the part of the text entitled East, Harjo writes that east is the direction of what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Osceola and what is the significance of Harjo's connection to him?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perform a biographical criticism of Crazy Brave by researching Harjo's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Harjo.

Essay Topic 2

What messages does Harjo send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?

Essay Topic 3

Could Crazy Brave be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?

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