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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, Life Out of Balance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Women are allowed to have ________ names as a part of their position and role in society.
(a) Flower.
(b) Animal.
(c) Hunting.
(d) War.

2. Medicine men and women come to see the person they are treating as a __________ person.
(a) Whole.
(b) Bored.
(c) Scattered.
(d) Deadly.

3. Who was often impatient with those who did a poor job and did not like to be questioned?
(a) Job.
(b) Dr. Alvord.
(c) Jon.
(d) The nurses.

4. Alvord begins to find that the logic of _________ extends to other subjects, so she does well in school.
(a) Anatomy.
(b) Truth.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Humility.

5. Dr. Alvord is the first __________ to become a surgeon, according to the book.
(a) Woman.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Man.
(d) Undergrad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job that Alvord takes on with Gary Rosenberg in New Mexico?

2. Alvord's grandmother _________ understands the complexities of living two lives, as she comes from a mixed background.

3. What is the job that Alvord gets when she is in high school and is interested in medicine?

4. The form of healing that is used in the Navajo culture is the idea of walking in ___________.

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

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