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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, At the Big Medicine Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Alvord's dog, the one who gets hurt by the car accident and nearly dies?
(a) Mush.
(b) Shush.
(c) Trush.
(d) Thush.

2. Cupp is barred from speaking ________ when he is in school, which causes the assimilation of the culture.
(a) English.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Navajo.

3. Alvord respects her patients desire to have __________ before they have any surgery.
(a) Ceremonies.
(b) Sacrifices.
(c) Smoke lodges.
(d) Gatherings of family.

4. Many people who see stories about the Navajo and this disease begin to worry that it is the way the Navajo _________ that causes the disease.
(a) Drink.
(b) Live.
(c) Worship.
(d) Drive.

5. Where is Alvord encouraged to go by Rosenberg, even though she does not think she is capable?
(a) Nursing school.
(b) Biology remedial courses.
(c) Medical school.
(d) A new hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition is Alvord treating in Melanie at the start of this chapter?

2. In what state was Dr. Alvord born before she was moved onto the reservation with her parents?

3. Who states that Dezbah is healed from her surgery, according to this section of the book?

4. The body, according to Alvord, appeared to be like the Navajo philosophy of the __________.

5. What is the type of bark that can be used to treat scurvy?

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