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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 creatures did Harjo find in the grass on the evening her mother told her to get inside and put a shirt on?

2. What was NOT a symptom of polio Harjo displayed in her youth?

3. In what decade did Harjo visit a palm reader who told her that she had an "alternate lifeline" (72) on her left hand?

4. The last singing performance Harjo ever saw her mother give took place at what type of event?

5. How much older than Harjo's mother was the man she ended up with after divorcing Harjo's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events does Harjo imagine would have unfolded if a member of the family had called the police about their stepfather's abuse?

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

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

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

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

6. For what reason did Harjo feel drawn toward the Haight-Ashbury district in the late 1960s?

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Harjo’s memoir Crazy Brave. What message is Harjo sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

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