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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, The 'Navajo Plague'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who states that Dezbah is healed from her surgery, according to this section of the book?
(a) Medicine man.
(b) Her family.
(c) A child.
(d) The tea leaves.

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

3. When the Navajo become ill, they often wonder what local ______ they broke in order to create the situation of disease.
(a) Story.
(b) Ritual.
(c) Water line.
(d) Promise.

4. How many Navajo students were at the school of the person that Alvord meets and finds to be an inspiration?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) One hundred.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the elective surgery that Florena had that then resulted in her death?

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

3. The medicine men also teach the white men to use Quinine to treat ___________, according to Alvord's research.

4. Who is called in to help the Navajo people if they can not heal on their own?

5. Robert Cupp turns to __________ in order to cope with the years of oppression he suffers at the hands of others.

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