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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, Rez Dogs and Crow Dreams.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Navajo become ill, they often wonder what local ______ they broke in order to create the situation of disease.
(a) Promise.
(b) Water line.
(c) Story.
(d) Ritual.

2. Alvord knows that _______ patients needed to be handled with care, especially when it comes to end of life decisions.
(a) Female.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Male.

3. Drunk driving arrests in Gallup exceed _________ per year, according to Alvord at the time of writing this book.
(a) 10,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 100,000.

4. Alvord believes a part of the problem with Evelyn's outcome is that Alvord does not __________ the patient.
(a) Believe.
(b) Trust.
(c) Know.
(d) Examine.

5. Most people on the reservation spoke __________ as their first language, according to Alvord.
(a) Lakota.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) Navajo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Native American history shows how other cultures have come to see their race as ____________.

3. What part of Evelyn's body is partially paralyzed as a result of the surgery, according to the book?

4. What is the kind of necklace that Alvord wears, in accordance with her animal totem?

5. The Navajo are taught to always be _________ in dealing with others in their lives.

(see the answer key)

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