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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. __________ among the Navajo were challenging for some doctors, according to the book's description.
(a) Rites.
(b) Superstitions.
(c) Songs.
(d) Families.

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

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

4. Which of Alvord's parents is a full-blooded Navajo person, according to this book?
(a) Father.
(b) Neither.
(c) Both.
(d) Mother.

5. Alvord's new home is located close to the _________, and her grandmother Grace will live with her there.
(a) School.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Reservation.
(d) Training facilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Medicine men and women come to see the person they are treating as a __________ person.

2. Dr. Alvord is the first __________ to become a surgeon, according to the book.

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

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

5. What is the type of surgery that Evelyn Bitsui has to have during this section of the book's narrative?

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