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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, The Spirit Horse's Bridle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could the hospital get in order to force Melanie to have the necessary surgery?
(a) New guardian.
(b) Injunction.
(c) Restraining order.
(d) Court order.

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

3. What is the trouble with Alvord's recommended course of treatment? She is __________.
(a) Too happy.
(b) Bored.
(c) Tired.
(d) In the last year of residency.

4. Thomas also sponsors _________ for Dartmouth Native American students, according to this part of the book.
(a) Courses.
(b) Lessons.
(c) Continuing education.
(d) Workshops.

5. What is a common condition among the Navajo people, which is why they have to have surgery so often?
(a) Large gallstones.
(b) Bad livers.
(c) Throat cancers.
(d) Kidney stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert teachers his daughters simple Navajo ________ as well a explains to them the interconnectedness of the world.

2. __________ is a reservation border town that spills into New Mexico, so Alvord decides to move there with her grandmother.

3. The fact that Alvord is a _______ often meant that she was not recognized as a Navajo by her fellow tribespeople.

4. Alvord is told that she needs to stop ________ because of her pregnancy related condition.

5. Native American history shows how other cultures have come to see their race as ____________.

(see the answer key)

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