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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. What is the kind of necklace that Alvord wears, in accordance with her animal totem?
(a) Silver spider.
(b) Silver snake.
(c) Silver bear.
(d) Silver fox.

2. Jesus Arviso is a _________ translator who was eventually adopted into the tribe, according to Alvord.
(a) Greek.
(b) French.
(c) Russian.
(d) Spaniard.

3. There is some evidence now that suggests patients are _________ during surgery and this awareness affects them after.
(a) Alert.
(b) Awake.
(c) Ready.
(d) Aware.

4. What did Alvord never do as she was not raised in her culture to do so?
(a) Turn in homework.
(b) Correct the teacher.
(c) Raise her hand.
(d) Discuss with others.

5. It is revealed later on that Alvord's paternal grandfather was a ___________ man.
(a) Navajo.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Black.
(d) Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Every dominant culture, according to Alvord, accuses the subordinate cultures of not being __________.

4. As a child, Alvord often has to decide whether to play with the _________ or the whites in their neighborhood and schools.

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

(see the answer key)

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