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

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

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

4. Alvord's grandmother _________ understands the complexities of living two lives, as she comes from a mixed background.
(a) Ruby.
(b) Grace.
(c) Anne.
(d) June.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Patients can often feel ____________ and forgotten when they are in the Western medicine system.

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

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

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

5. Alvord and her sisters never think the media's representation of ___________ has anything to do with them.

(see the answer key)

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