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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 job that Alvord takes on with Gary Rosenberg in New Mexico?

2. The Navajo have no word for ________, which is a part of why it is so scary to them when it comes up.

3. Navajo people often want the removed _________ back after the surgery is complete, according to tradition.

4. Cancer is seen as a great ________ to the Navajo people, caused by an evil action or evil deed.

5. Who was often impatient with those who did a poor job and did not like to be questioned?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is something Alvord's mother teaches her, though it is not common in the Navajo culture?

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

4. What is the ancestral diet of the Navajo, according to Alvord?

5. Who has an alcohol problem, which leads Alvord to see alcoholism as a disease?

6. What does Alvord find helps her in the education process, though she had not done well in previous biology courses?

7. What does Alvord have to do as a child growing up that causes her to choose between her heritages?

8. Why does Alvord believe her story is important for Navajo girls to hear, which is why she writes this book?

9. What is the problem that requires Dezbah Tsosie to have surgery with Alvord?

10. What was special about the student population at Dartmouth, where Alvord sent her college application?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alvord has troubles with dissecting a cadaver as the Navajo believe the dead should not be touched.

Part 1: Why do you think it is not respectful to touch the dead, according to the Navajo tradition?

Part 2: Do you think Alvord should have dissected the cadaver anyway?

Part 3: What might you have done if you were in Alvord's position?

Essay Topic 2

Alvord did not have a strong bedside manner at the start of her career, though she sought to change this.

Part 1: What are the benefits of having a positive bedside manner?

Part 2: What are some of the benefits of having a less than friendly bedside manner?

Part 3: Would you rather have a friendly doctor or a doctor who doesn't mince words? Why?

Essay Topic 3

When a Navajo person becomes ill, they wonder what ritual or norm they broke.

Part 1: How might being out of balance in life lead to sickness?

Part 2: Why do you think the Navajo don't necessarily think of a virus or a germ causing them to be sick?

Part 3: What do you think when you first begin to show signs of illness?

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