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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 is the type of cancer that Carolyn Yazzie has, as described during this section of the book?
(a) Bone.
(b) Brain.
(c) Breast.
(d) Lung.

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

3. Where does Alvord decide to work with Gary Rosenberg, according to the book?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Yale.
(c) University of New Mexico.
(d) University of Phoenix.

4. A ___________ is a song that's needed to cure a person of their illness in the Navajo culture.
(a) Songway.
(b) Blessingway.
(c) Beauty Way.
(d) Chantway.

5. What did Alvord NOT have that makes it difficult when she wants to apply to medical school?
(a) Books.
(b) Health.
(c) Time.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Relationships must be in _______ with others in order to be healthy, according to the Navajo way of thinking.

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

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

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

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