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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, Life Out of Balance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alvord begins to see how her Native American ________ can aid in her educational process.
(a) Story.
(b) Background.
(c) Theology.
(d) Experience.

2. Alvord's new home is located close to the _________, and her grandmother Grace will live with her there.
(a) Training facilities.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Reservation.
(d) School.

3. Patients are made to be _________ in the traditional medicine system, according to this book.
(a) Passive.
(b) Dramatized.
(c) Dehumanized.
(d) Active.

4. Who was often impatient with those who did a poor job and did not like to be questioned?
(a) The nurses.
(b) Dr. Alvord.
(c) Jon.
(d) Job.

5. What is the color the overwhelms Alvord when she first gets onto her college campus?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. A ___________ is a song that's needed to cure a person of their illness in the Navajo culture.

2. How many Navajo students were at the school of the person that Alvord meets and finds to be an inspiration?

3. Alvord inherited the _________ of her people, even though her siblings were proud to be American.

4. _______ eventually has to make a decision about whether to stay on or to leave the reservation.

5. Who is called in to help the Navajo people if they can not heal on their own?

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