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

2. Patients are made to be _________ in the traditional medicine system, according to this book.
(a) Passive.
(b) Active.
(c) Dramatized.
(d) Dehumanized.

3. What is Alvord's first name, as given to her when she was born?
(a) Janette.
(b) Lorraine.
(c) Lorisa.
(d) Lori.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Women are allowed to have ________ names as a part of their position and role in society.

2. Grace ends up marrying an ___________ and has an appreciation of other cultures.

3. What subject in school has always fascinated Alvord?

4. Relationships must be in _______ with others in order to be healthy, according to the Navajo way of thinking.

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

(see the answer key)

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