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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, The Spirit Horse's Bridle.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the trouble with Alvord's recommended course of treatment? She is __________.
(a) Too happy.
(b) Tired.
(c) Bored.
(d) In the last year of residency.

4. The main concern with cancer among the Navajo people is that they think it is _____________.
(a) Magic.
(b) Contagious.
(c) Deadly.
(d) Black magic.

5. What is the nickname that Alvord has chosen short for?
(a) Kodiak.
(b) Dear Juniper.
(c) Musamesa.
(d) Connoli.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ among the Navajo were challenging for some doctors, according to the book's description.

2. Cancer is seen as a great ________ to the Navajo people, caused by an evil action or evil deed.

3. What did Alvord never do as she was not raised in her culture to do so?

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

5. Who presides over the ceremony between Jon and Lori when they get married the following year?

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