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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. What subject in school has always fascinated Alvord?
(a) Human anatomy.
(b) Music.
(c) English.
(d) History.

2. What is the job that Alvord takes on with Gary Rosenberg in New Mexico?
(a) Fact checker.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Research technician.
(d) Research assistant.

3. Alvord and her sisters never think the media's representation of ___________ has anything to do with them.
(a) Indians.
(b) Hispanics.
(c) Whites.
(d) Children.

4. What is the type of surgery that Evelyn Bitsui has to have during this section of the book's narrative?
(a) Lung.
(b) Gallbladder.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Pelvic.

5. What is the job that Alvord gets when she is in high school and is interested in medicine?
(a) Reservation pharmacy.
(b) Veterinarian assistant.
(c) She doesn't have a job.
(d) Medicine apprentice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alvord's first name, as given to her when she was born?

2. In what state was Dr. Alvord born before she was moved onto the reservation with her parents?

3. The fact that Alvord is a _______ often meant that she was not recognized as a Navajo by her fellow tribespeople.

4. Alvord didn't expect much of college until she met a Navajo student from ____________.

5. Where is Alvord accepted into medical school, a place that is close to where her sister is located?

(see the answer key)

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