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

2. Jesus Arviso is a _________ translator who was eventually adopted into the tribe, according to Alvord.
(a) Greek.
(b) French.
(c) Spaniard.
(d) Russian.

3. How many Navajo students were at the school of the person that Alvord meets and finds to be an inspiration?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) One hundred.

4. ___________ is the only Ivy League school at the time that has more than fifty Native American students.
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Dartmouth.

5. Relationships must be in _______ with others in order to be healthy, according to the Navajo way of thinking.
(a) Commitment.
(b) Harmony.
(c) Truth.
(d) Understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alvord's __________, due to her training as a surgeon, often makes her look like a white woman.

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

3. A ___________ is a song that's needed to cure a person of their illness in the Navajo culture.

4. What is the last name of Dr. Alvord, according to the description of her life in this chapter?

5. There is some evidence now that suggests patients are _________ during surgery and this awareness affects them after.

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