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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 many high school students, including Harjo, were members of the all-Indian dance and drama troupe?

2. In what year did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?

3. What kind of priest was John Staudenmaier studying to be when Harjo met him?

4. About how long before Louis Ballard's death did Harjo last visit with him?

5. What is NOT one of the elements Harjo vows to feed her son so that he will flourish?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Harjo reach Tahlequah when she failed to receive the promised bus ticket in the mail?

2. In what way was Harjo an outlier within the troupe of actors and dancers to which she belonged?

3. In what way does Harjo associate the Institute of American Indian Arts with the motif of paths and journeys?

4. What clues does Harjo provide to the reader regarding the coming ability of her Cherokee boyfriend to provide for his family?

5. Who was Louis Ballard?

6. In what way did Harjo feel she had let Mrs. Wilhelm down in the part of the text entitled North?

7. What is the significance of the release form Harjo signed at the Indian hospital when she had her first child?

8. What does the line of stoves within the memoir symbolize?

9. What statement does Harjo make about the veracity of the italicized portion of the part entitled North?

10. Name one decision in Harjo's life that she now attributes to the knowing.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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