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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven, Do Not Try to Count the Stars.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Alvord, coming back to the _____________ is difficult and painful at times.
(a) Hut.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Smaller cities.
(d) Reservation.

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

3. __________ is a reservation border town that spills into New Mexico, so Alvord decides to move there with her grandmother.
(a) Pueblo.
(b) Truckee.
(c) Auburn.
(d) Gallup.

4. What is the type of surgery that Evelyn Bitsui has to have during this section of the book's narrative?
(a) Gallbladder.
(b) Breast cancer.
(c) Pelvic.
(d) Lung.

5. What does Alvord decide to do, even though it's in direct opposition of her doctor's orders?
(a) Take medication.
(b) Nothing.
(c) See a medicine man.
(d) Continue with surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alvord also tries to avoid _________ and arguments in order to help her baby stay calm.

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

3. Alvord describes herself as _________ during her pregnancy, not just because of the actions she takes.

4. Alvord believes a part of the problem with Evelyn's outcome is that Alvord does not __________ the patient.

5. The fact that Alvord is a _______ often meant that she was not recognized as a Navajo by her fellow tribespeople.

(see the answer key)

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