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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, At the Big Medicine Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might have spilled into Florena's body if Alvord had cut into her body accidentally?
(a) Bile.
(b) Blood.
(c) Pus.
(d) Mucus.

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

3. The fact that Alvord is a _______ often meant that she was not recognized as a Navajo by her fellow tribespeople.
(a) Sister.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Priest.
(d) Woman.

4. What is NOT one of the components of a normal Navajo diet?
(a) Limited meat.
(b) Grains.
(c) Beans.
(d) Sweets.

5. Florena ________, a patient of Dr. Alvord's, comes down with a disease and dies after surgery.
(a) Smith.
(b) Woody.
(c) Grount.
(d) Trenne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alvord didn't expect much of college until she met a Navajo student from ____________.

2. Alvord knows that Carolyn's life lacks _________, which might have helped cause her cancer, but she keeps this knowledge to herself.

3. The Navajo have no word for ________, which is a part of why it is so scary to them when it comes up.

4. In which town is Carolyn visiting a clinic during the start of this particular chapter?

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

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