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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. In what type of activity did Harjo's mother partake on a weekly basis with her girlfriends?

2. To what district of San Francisco did Harjo briefly feel compelled to move in the 1960s?

3. In what year was "a huge oil gusher" (13) discovered on land partly owned by Henry Marcy Harjo?

4. Hurricane Carla moved up the entire coastline of what state before moving on to the Tulsa area?

5. Harjo recalls coming home to find her siblings terrified at having just witnessed which person force their mother to play Russian roulette with a loaded gun?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. What is Harjo's message regarding the way in which everyone must deal with their "gulfs of sadness" (15)?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the interplay between the final passages of Crazy Brave and one of the memoir's main messages. How does Harjo make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the memoir?

Essay Topic 2

Read a lengthy interview with Harjo. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Harjo’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of Crazy Brave.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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