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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. Harjo's Cherokee boyfriend had a daughter named Ratatonia who was how old at the time Harjo traveled to Tahlequah?

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

3. Under what types of trees did the grandmother of Harjo's fiance spend each morning with her friends?

4. Harjo states that her mother-in-law used what sort of tactic to try to expel her from the house?

5. How many months of restriction did Harjo and Lupita receive as punishment for their transgressions at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Wilhelm and what did she do to surprise Harjo soon after Harjo's arrival at the art institute?

2. Who was Louis Ballard?

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

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

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

6. What obstacle briefly stood in the way of Harjo's ability to tour the Pacific Northwest with her troupe of actors and dancers?

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

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

9. What happened to Louis Ballard about five years before the publication of Crazy Brave?

10. What was the primary emotion Harjo felt upon arriving at the Institute of American Indian Arts?

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

What messages does Harjo send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Crazy Brave and analyze Harjo’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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