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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. What sport did Harjo's stepfather enjoy watching on television when he was not beating or berating his family?

2. How old was Harjo in the summer just before she entered elementary school?

3. What type of procedure did Harjo have to undergo to determine whether she had polio or not?

4. What is NOT an item Harjo mentions when she describes how her mother "dressed for her musical coming-out party" (50)?

5. On the title page of the part of the text entitled East, Harjo writes that east is the direction of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe "the small moment" when "the earthy delight of being five years old," for Harjo, "came falling down" (41).

2. Discuss an instance of irony that also acts as an example of foreshadowing within the part of the memoir called North.

3. Soon after Harjo's family moved to the house on Independence Street, Harjo awoke to the sound of her sister crying. What was going on?

4. What events does Harjo imagine would have unfolded if a member of the family had called the police about their stepfather's abuse?

5. Name and discuss two themes that emerge within the epigraph of the memoir Crazy Brave.

6. For what reason does Harjo's mother stay with her second husband, even when it becomes clear that he is controlling and abusive?

7. In what unique way does Harjo reveal events that occurred prior to her birth and what does she hope to achieve?

8. Discuss two instances when the force Harjo calls "the knowing" (71) somehow assisted her.

9. In what way does Harjo use sensory details to get across a particular message to the reader in the part of the text entitled East?

10. How and why did Harjo's career plans change during her first year at the Institute of American Indian Arts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of shame treated within Crazy Brave and how does its treatment relate to the memoir's depicted messages?

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