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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. In what state does Alvord have her surgical practice, according to this chapter?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Florida.

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

3. Most people on the reservation spoke __________ as their first language, according to Alvord.
(a) English.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Lakota.

4. The leading cause of death among the Navajo people is ____________, at the time of this book.
(a) Heart attacks.
(b) Cirrhosis.
(c) Motor vehicle accidents.
(d) Strokes.

5. Drunk driving arrests in Gallup exceed _________ per year, according to Alvord at the time of writing this book.
(a) 100,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patients can often feel ____________ and forgotten when they are in the Western medicine system.

2. The school where Alvord is accepted has a __________ Native American community, according to the book.

3. Alvord begins to find that the logic of _________ extends to other subjects, so she does well in school.

4. What subject in school has always fascinated Alvord?

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

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