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

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

3. Drunk driving arrests in Gallup exceed _________ per year, according to Alvord at the time of writing this book.
(a) 25,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

5. What is the actual name of the disease that begins to kill the Navajo?
(a) Hantavirus.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Influenza.
(d) PCP.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many Navajo students were at the school of the person that Alvord meets and finds to be an inspiration?

3. Alvord respects her patients desire to have __________ before they have any surgery.

4. __________ have a strong role in the Navajo culture, helping to create structure and order.

5. Many people who see stories about the Navajo and this disease begin to worry that it is the way the Navajo _________ that causes the disease.

(see the answer key)

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