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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. Who tells Carolyn that the cancer is her fault, according to the description in this section of the book?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Brother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sister.

2. Alvord and her sisters never think the media's representation of ___________ has anything to do with them.
(a) Hispanics.
(b) Children.
(c) Whites.
(d) Indians.

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

4. Cupp is barred from speaking ________ when he is in school, which causes the assimilation of the culture.
(a) Sioux.
(b) English.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Lakota.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The body, according to Alvord, appeared to be like the Navajo philosophy of the __________.

2. During the ceremony, many people sing songs that talk about the beauty of the _____________.

3. What is the kind of necklace that Alvord wears, in accordance with her animal totem?

4. Every dominant culture, according to Alvord, accuses the subordinate cultures of not being __________.

5. Alvord wants to bring in a __________ for Carolyn in order to help her with her cancer.

(see the answer key)

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