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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. A person can live a long time without a ____________, as Alvord has seen time and time again.

2. What is a common condition among the Navajo people, which is why they have to have surgery so often?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What do the Navajo people think causes cancer in those who are stricken with it?

7. What is the job that Alvord takes after she graduates from Dartmouth?

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

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

10. What happens to Alvord's father after his troubles with alcohol?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Because she became a surgeon, many of Alvord's tribe did not recognize her as a Navajo anymore.

Part 1: Why do you think Alvord is less a part of the tribe because of her new role?

Part 2: How do you think Alvord is able to become a stronger part of the tribe because of her healing role?

Part 3: What are the similarities and differences between medicine women and surgeons?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Alvord had dated other men in her life, but she was looking to have children that were more than one-quarter Navajo.

Part 1: Why would it be important to have children that were a certain percentage of Navajo?

Part 2: How do you think Alvord's life might have changed had she married someone in the reservation?

Part 3: Do you think that a tribe can be sustained without the intermarrying of those in the tribe?

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