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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 also tries to avoid _________ and arguments in order to help her baby stay calm.
(a) Surgeries.
(b) Confrontations.
(c) Situations.
(d) Appointments.

2. What is the medical symptom Alvord begins to have during this portion of her pregnancy?
(a) Headaches.
(b) Stomach aches.
(c) Kidney infections.
(d) Pelvic pain.

3. Alvord knows that _______ patients needed to be handled with care, especially when it comes to end of life decisions.
(a) Lakota.
(b) Male.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Female.

4. The fact that Alvord is a _______ often meant that she was not recognized as a Navajo by her fellow tribespeople.
(a) Priest.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Woman.
(d) Sister.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the type of surgery that Evelyn Bitsui has to have during this section of the book's narrative?

4. ________ bark can be used to treat pain, and it is still being used today in chemical form.

5. There is some evidence now that suggests patients are _________ during surgery and this awareness affects them after.

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