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

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

3. Grace ends up marrying an ___________ and has an appreciation of other cultures.
(a) Ojibuwe.
(b) Englishman.
(c) Irishman.
(d) Welshman.

4. What part of Evelyn's body is partially paralyzed as a result of the surgery, according to the book?
(a) Left.
(b) Right.
(c) Both.
(d) Neither.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Navajo have no word for ________, which is a part of why it is so scary to them when it comes up.

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

3. Navajos have a strong cultural belief that they should never touch _____________.

4. What is the job that Alvord takes on with Gary Rosenberg in New Mexico?

5. The body, according to Alvord, appeared to be like the Navajo philosophy of the __________.

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