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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) Confrontations.
(b) Appointments.
(c) Situations.
(d) Surgeries.

2. Alvord decides to stop watching _________ television and movies when she is pregnant to help the child grow positively.
(a) Deprecating.
(b) Any.
(c) Violent.
(d) Funny.

3. What part of Evelyn's body is partially paralyzed as a result of the surgery, according to the book?
(a) Both.
(b) Left.
(c) Right.
(d) Neither.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It is important to keep the _______ healthy to heal the body, according to this section of the book.

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

3. What does Alvord decide to do, even though it's in direct opposition of her doctor's orders?

4. Alvord's __________, due to her training as a surgeon, often makes her look like a white woman.

5. Alvord knows that _______ patients needed to be handled with care, especially when it comes to end of life decisions.

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