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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The items along the wall in one of Harjo's classrooms at the art institute were used to train Indian students to work for what kinds of families upon graduation?
(a) White.
(b) Non-profit organizations.
(c) Rich.
(d) Poor.

2. Which person threatened Harjo with physical harm if she ever sang inside the house again?
(a) Her brother Allen.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her stepfather.
(d) Her biological father.

3. What objects does Harjo say acted as evidence that she and many other young women "wanted to live" (78)?
(a) Children.
(b) Scars.
(c) Diplomas.
(d) Tears.

4. What substance did Harjo's mother-in-law use to put a curse on Harjo, according to her husband?
(a) Oil.
(b) Steam.
(c) Maize.
(d) Smoke.

5. How did Harjo and the other members of the troupe feel when they heard citizens of a particular town call them "Dirty Indians" (99)?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Saddened.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harjo discusses the way in which she and her friends had defined themselves as teenagers with what element?

2. The young men who walked away from the ditch and toward Harjo were taking what action as they walked?

3. When Harjo went to stay with her fiance's grandmother, she liked to take part in the old woman's visits with her friends in what area of town?

4. When Harjo located Lupita at the party, Lupita joked that she had been on what planet?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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