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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 is the color the overwhelms Alvord when she first gets onto her college campus?

2. Alvord knows that _______ patients needed to be handled with care, especially when it comes to end of life decisions.

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

4. In which town is Carolyn visiting a clinic during the start of this particular chapter?

5. Cupp is barred from speaking ________ when he is in school, which causes the assimilation of the culture.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did other doctors at the Gallup Indian Medical Center find challenging?

2. What are the Navajo discouraged from doing in order to become more humble?

3. What did Alvord find to be the case with many professional surgeons around her?

4. What is the background of Alvord's parents which makes her distinctly capable of working within two worlds of thought?

5. What happens among the Navajo people when Alvord becomes a doctor?

6. What did Alvord know about the Night Chant, despite what her medical training taught her?

7. What does Gary Rosenberg encourage Alvord to do, though she had not considered it for herself before that time?

8. What does Alvord seek to treat when she is managing her patients, a way that develops over time?

9. How does Alvord continue to celebrate her animal totem and her strong sense of self?

10. What does Alvord arrange for a cancer patient, Carolyn Yazzie, when she is diagnosed with breast cancer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Navajo believe the cancer is something that is caused by a bad deed or an evil action.

Part 1: Do you believe the cancer might be partially caused by an action or an emotion?

Part 2: How do you think science shows that cancer is caused by evil actions?

Part 3: Do you think that cancer is something of which to be frightened today?

Essay Topic 2

Alvord has a medicine man come out to bless the new ICU when it is built, something that had not been done before.

Part 1: What is the purpose of having the ICU blessed?

Part 2: How would the blessed ICU help those who were not Navajo?

Part 3: Do you think that hospitals should have more blessings of their facilities?

Essay Topic 3

Alvord had to make a difficult decision when she left the reservation to attend her school.

Part 1: Why is it difficult for Alvord to leave the reservation?

Part 2: How could Alvord have made the transition smoother for herself and for her family?

Part 3: Do you think it's always necessary to be uncomfortable in order to become successful or educated?

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