Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo

Where was Joy Harjo born?

• Oklahoma

• New Mexico

• Arizona

• Texas

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What is the duality of her parents she talks about?

• The fire spirit of her mother and the water spirit of her father.

• The North, South, East, and West.

• The water spirit of her mother and the fire spirit of her father.

• Loving those she also feared.

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Who were her ancestors?

• Mvskoke/Creek

• Tonkawa

• Cherokee

• Kiowa

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Where did Joy run off too in Santa Fe?

• An Indian arts boarding school

• A cultural center

• A relative's house

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How would you characterize many of Joy's relationships throughout the book?

• Healthy

• Abusive

• Nurturing

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What does Joy call the "visionary spirituality" she comes to trust?

• The focal points

• The knowing

• Self-love

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What happens when Joy is a teenager?

• She gives birth to her first child

• She accepts poetry and becomes a published poetry

• She makes her mother leave her abusive step-father

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East is the direction of...

• The rising sun

• Beginnings

• The place of her birth

• Endings

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“North is the direction where the difficult...

• teachers live

• mothers live

• men live

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Joy Harjo connected with the Earth and specifically what thanks to her mother?

• Poetry

• Music

• Cooking

• Telling stories

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