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

2. The Navajo have no word for ________, which is a part of why it is so scary to them when it comes up.
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Pain.
(d) Cancer.

3. How many bars does Gallup have for every 50,000 people at the time of the book, according to Alvord?
(a) 100.
(b) 5.
(c) 50.
(d) 25.

4. Where is Alvord accepted into medical school, a place that is close to where her sister is located?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Loyola Marymount.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Berekley.

5. What are Navajo men particularly vulnerable toward, which causes many maladies among Navajo men?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Drugs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Alvord's grandmother _________ understands the complexities of living two lives, as she comes from a mixed background.

3. Who was often impatient with those who did a poor job and did not like to be questioned?

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

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

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