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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. On the title page of the part of the text entitled West, Harjo writes that west is the direction of what?

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

3. Harjo states that many Indian women who gave birth at the Indian hospital unknowingly signed a form giving doctors permission to take what action?

4. In what decade of her life did Harjo revisit her desire to create music?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss Harjo's choice to tell the story of Crazy Brave using both prose and poetry. What elements of the memoir's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Harjo’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Harjo's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of 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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