View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which adjective was NOT mentioned by the people who warned Harjo about her soon-to-be mother-in-law?

2. The young Cherokee man who became Harjo's lover was at least how many years old when they met?

3. Which of Harjo's family members is revealed to have the first name Wynema?

4. In what area of the United States did Harjo's all-Indian theater and dance troupe first tour?

5. Who promised to send Harjo a bus ticket to Tahlequah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumors did Harjo hear about her future mother-in-law and how did they compare with reality?

2. What types of coping methods did Harjo's peers use to deal with the negative effects of trauma?

3. What link does Harjo suggest exists between creativity and healing?

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

5. At what age did Harjo become entwined in a relationship with an older Cherokee man and how did they meet?

6. In what way is the theme of a cyclical existence depicted in the epigraph Harjo includes for the part of the text entitled West?

7. With what types of traumas were many of Harjo's classmates dealing as they attended the Institute of American Indian Arts?

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

9. In what town did the members of the Indian acting and dancing troupe experience blatant racism and what form did it take?

10. What punishment did Lupita and Harjo receive for their transgression at school near the end of the part of the memoir entitled North?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,126 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample