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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ is a reservation border town that spills into New Mexico, so Alvord decides to move there with her grandmother.
(a) Gallup.
(b) Pueblo.
(c) Auburn.
(d) Truckee.

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

3. What is the type of surgery that Evelyn Bitsui has to have during this section of the book's narrative?
(a) Gallbladder.
(b) Breast cancer.
(c) Pelvic.
(d) Lung.

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

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

6. The main concern with cancer among the Navajo people is that they think it is _____________.
(a) Contagious.
(b) Magic.
(c) Black magic.
(d) Deadly.

7. What is Alvord's first name, as given to her when she was born?
(a) Janette.
(b) Lorisa.
(c) Lorraine.
(d) Lori.

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

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

10. Alvord's new home is located close to the _________, and her grandmother Grace will live with her there.
(a) Reservation.
(b) Training facilities.
(c) Hospital.
(d) School.

11. What did Alvord NOT have that makes it difficult when she wants to apply to medical school?
(a) Health.
(b) Books.
(c) Time.
(d) Money.

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

13. Which of Alvord's parents is a full-blooded Navajo person, according to this book?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Both.
(d) Neither.

14. In what state was Dr. Alvord born before she was moved onto the reservation with her parents?
(a) Texas.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Washington.
(d) California.

15. When the Navajo become ill, they often wonder what local ______ they broke in order to create the situation of disease.
(a) Story.
(b) Promise.
(c) Ritual.
(d) Water line.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is important to keep the _______ healthy to heal the body, according to this section of the book.

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

3. In what state does Alvord have her surgical practice, according to this chapter?

4. Cupp is barred from speaking ________ when he is in school, which causes the assimilation of the culture.

5. Medicine men and women come to see the person they are treating as a __________ person.

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