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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. Which of Alvord's parents is a full-blooded Navajo person, according to this book?
(a) Both.
(b) Neither.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

2. It is revealed later on that Alvord's paternal grandfather was a ___________ man.
(a) Black.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Navajo.

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

4. Relationships must be in _______ with others in order to be healthy, according to the Navajo way of thinking.
(a) Truth.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Harmony.

5. How many Navajo students were at the school of the person that Alvord meets and finds to be an inspiration?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Medicine men and women come to see the person they are treating as a __________ person.

3. What is the last name of Dr. Alvord, according to the description of her life in this chapter?

4. In what state does Alvord have her surgical practice, according to this chapter?

5. Alvord's __________, due to her training as a surgeon, often makes her look like a white woman.

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