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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 inherited the _________ of her people, even though her siblings were proud to be American.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Peace.
(c) Grief.
(d) Sorrow.

2. __________ have a strong role in the Navajo culture, helping to create structure and order.
(a) Elders.
(b) Children.
(c) Men.
(d) Women.

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

4. Alvord wants to bring in a __________ for Carolyn in order to help her with her cancer.
(a) Family member.
(b) New treatment.
(c) Cancer specialist.
(d) Medicine man.

5. ________ scares Alvord as well since so many dollars are poured into research, only to have it not be easy to treat.
(a) Hanta virus.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Influenza.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Navajo become ill, they often wonder what local ______ they broke in order to create the situation of disease.

2. __________ is a reservation border town that spills into New Mexico, so Alvord decides to move there with her grandmother.

3. The main concern with cancer among the Navajo people is that they think it is _____________.

4. What are Navajo men particularly vulnerable toward, which causes many maladies among Navajo men?

5. Alvord believes that patient _______ are dehumanizing and inharmonious, according to her description.

(see the answer key)

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