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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. How old was Harjo on the occasion when she and her mother stayed up late to monitor a hurricane in the area?

2. What sport did Harjo's stepfather enjoy watching on television when he was not beating or berating his family?

3. Harjo's stepfather threatened to kill her mother and her children if her mother ever took what action?

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

5. What is NOT an item Harjo mentions when she describes how her mother "dressed for her musical coming-out party" (50)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. For what reason did Harjo associate beauty with danger in her early childhood?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Harjo's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of Crazy Brave.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Harjo's choice to use a variety of different storytelling methods over the course of her memoir, including one italicized story within the part of the text entitled North, which Harjo openly classifies as "partially fictionalized" (78).

Essay Topic 3

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.

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