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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six, Ceremony Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

4. Who was often impatient with those who did a poor job and did not like to be questioned?
(a) Dr. Alvord.
(b) Jon.
(c) The nurses.
(d) Job.

5. Alvord didn't expect much of college until she met a Navajo student from ____________.
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Dartmouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long is Carolyn missing before Dr. Alvord finds her?

2. Who tells Carolyn that the cancer is her fault, according to the description in this section of the book?

3. What did Alvord NOT have that makes it difficult when she wants to apply to medical school?

4. Where is Alvord encouraged to go by Rosenberg, even though she does not think she is capable?

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

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