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

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

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

4. Which member of the young Cherokee man's family was a healer within the tribe?

5. What type of intoxicants did Harjo, Lupita, and the rest of their friends ingest when the two girls got into trouble the next day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What secret was Harjo keeping by the time she came back from touring the Pacific Northwest with the troupe of dancers and actors?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about Crazy Brave while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the memoir's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the memoir.

Essay Topic 2

Could Crazy Brave be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How do the themes of oppression and brutality function within the memoir Crazy Brave and what is Harjo’s message regarding these themes?

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