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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. Which person threatened Harjo with physical harm if she ever sang inside the house again?

2. In what state did Harjo begin to attend the high school called the Institute of American Indian Arts?

3. Louis Ballard acted in what official capacity during Harjo's journey through school?

4. What substance did Harjo's mother-in-law use to put a curse on Harjo, according to her husband?

5. What is the meaning of the Cherokee name Wynema, according to Harjo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In what way did Harjo's mother-in-law's cruelty come back to haunt her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by Harjo in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Crazy Brave. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Harjo’s creation of vivid characters to populate 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

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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