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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. Alvord is told that she needs to stop ________ because of her pregnancy related condition.
(a) Healing practices.
(b) Standing up.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Medications.

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

3. A person can live a long time without a ____________, as Alvord has seen time and time again.
(a) Bladder.
(b) Voice box.
(c) Gall bladder.
(d) Liver.

4. What is a common condition among the Navajo people, which is why they have to have surgery so often?
(a) Throat cancers.
(b) Kidney stones.
(c) Bad livers.
(d) Large gallstones.

5. It is important to keep the _______ healthy to heal the body, according to this section of the book.
(a) Feet.
(b) Mind.
(c) Hands.
(d) Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the components of a normal Navajo diet?

2. Pregnancy induced hypertension is also known as ___________, which is the final diagnosis of Alvord at this point.

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

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

5. Alvord says her pregnancy allows her to become closer to all of the ___________ around her.

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