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

2. The fact that Alvord is a _______ often meant that she was not recognized as a Navajo by her fellow tribespeople.
(a) Doctor.
(b) Priest.
(c) Sister.
(d) Woman.

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

4. _______ eventually has to make a decision about whether to stay on or to leave the reservation.
(a) Grace.
(b) Anna.
(c) Alvord.
(d) June.

5. What did Alvord NOT have that makes it difficult when she wants to apply to medical school?
(a) Money.
(b) Books.
(c) Health.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. The body, according to Alvord, appeared to be like the Navajo philosophy of the __________.

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

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

4. Alvord believes a part of the problem with Evelyn's outcome is that Alvord does not __________ the patient.

5. Alvord begins to find that the logic of _________ extends to other subjects, so she does well in school.

(see the answer key)

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