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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fourteen, Mount Taylor in the Rearview Mirror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the year in which Jon and Lori meet, according to the book?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1993.

2. __________ among the Navajo were challenging for some doctors, according to the book's description.
(a) Rites.
(b) Songs.
(c) Superstitions.
(d) Families.

3. Alvord believes that patient _______ are dehumanizing and inharmonious, according to her description.
(a) Progress notes.
(b) Summaries.
(c) Charts.
(d) Histories.

4. Who is called in to help the Navajo people if they can not heal on their own?
(a) Outsiders.
(b) Parents.
(c) Medicine man.
(d) Grandparents.

5. The _______ want to run their own health care system, outside of the Indian Health Service, which Alvord supports.
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Navajo.

Short Answer Questions

1. The school where Alvord is accepted has a __________ Native American community, according to the book.

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

3. What is the trade of Betty Cowboy, who also succumbs to the deadly disease, according to the book?

4. What is a common condition among the Navajo people, which is why they have to have surgery so often?

5. What is the type of cancer that Carolyn Yazzie has, as described during this section of the book?

(see the answer key)

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