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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's __________, due to her training as a surgeon, often makes her look like a white woman.
(a) Appearance.
(b) Movements.
(c) Rules.
(d) Clothing.

2. The medicine men also teach the white men to use Quinine to treat ___________, according to Alvord's research.
(a) Malaria.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Hepatitis.

3. Alvord says her pregnancy allows her to become closer to all of the ___________ around her.
(a) Injustices.
(b) Evil.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Errors.

4. Alvord's new home is located close to the _________, and her grandmother Grace will live with her there.
(a) Hospital.
(b) School.
(c) Reservation.
(d) Training facilities.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During what month does Alvord find out she is pregnant, according to this section of the book?

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

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

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