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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. What subject in school has always fascinated Alvord?
(a) History.
(b) Music.
(c) English.
(d) Human anatomy.

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

3. __________ is a reservation border town that spills into New Mexico, so Alvord decides to move there with her grandmother.
(a) Pueblo.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Gallup.
(d) Truckee.

4. What did Alvord never do as she was not raised in her culture to do so?
(a) Raise her hand.
(b) Discuss with others.
(c) Turn in homework.
(d) Correct the teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ scares Alvord as well since so many dollars are poured into research, only to have it not be easy to treat.

2. Alvord sees alcohol as the lubrication of __________ which allows other people to dominate the Navajo people.

3. What is the cultural background of Alvord's mother, according to this section?

4. Drunk driving arrests in Gallup exceed _________ per year, according to Alvord at the time of writing this book.

5. How many sisters does Dr. Alvord have, according to her family history?

(see the answer key)

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