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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alvord comes to look at the ________ of the being of each of her patients, according to the book.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Honor.
(c) Story.
(d) Harmony.

2. There is some evidence now that suggests patients are _________ during surgery and this awareness affects them after.
(a) Awake.
(b) Aware.
(c) Ready.
(d) Alert.

3. The body, according to Alvord, appeared to be like the Navajo philosophy of the __________.
(a) Beauty Way.
(b) Universe.
(c) Water.
(d) Land.

4. It is important to keep the _______ healthy to heal the body, according to this section of the book.
(a) Feet.
(b) Mind.
(c) Hands.
(d) Heart.

5. Navajos have a strong cultural belief that they should never touch _____________.
(a) The liars.
(b) The dead.
(c) The living.
(d) The sick.

6. ________ bark can be used to treat pain, and it is still being used today in chemical form.
(a) Willow.
(b) Evergreen.
(c) Fir.
(d) Redwood.

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

8. The medicine men also teach the white men to use Quinine to treat ___________, according to Alvord's research.
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Malaria.

9. For how many days would people in the ceremony help to sing and dance with the person that is ill?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Four.
(c) Nine.
(d) Ten.

10. What part of Evelyn's body is partially paralyzed as a result of the surgery, according to the book?
(a) Left.
(b) Both.
(c) Right.
(d) Neither.

11. What did Alvord never do as she was not raised in her culture to do so?
(a) Turn in homework.
(b) Discuss with others.
(c) Raise her hand.
(d) Correct the teacher.

12. Patients can often feel ____________ and forgotten when they are in the Western medicine system.
(a) Bored.
(b) Doomed.
(c) Unhealthy.
(d) Powerless.

13. Alvord believes a part of the problem with Evelyn's outcome is that Alvord does not __________ the patient.
(a) Believe.
(b) Trust.
(c) Know.
(d) Examine.

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

15. Jesus Arviso is a _________ translator who was eventually adopted into the tribe, according to Alvord.
(a) Greek.
(b) French.
(c) Russian.
(d) Spaniard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dr. Alvord find Carloyn later on, though she knew that she would be seeking additional healing?

2. What is the color the overwhelms Alvord when she first gets onto her college campus?

3. Alvord's new home is located close to the _________, and her grandmother Grace will live with her there.

4. Who tells Carolyn that the cancer is her fault, according to the description in this section of the book?

5. Women are allowed to have ________ names as a part of their position and role in society.

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