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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long is Carolyn missing before Dr. Alvord finds her?
(a) One week.
(b) One year.
(c) One day.
(d) One month.

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

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

4. Alvord inherited the _________ of her people, even though her siblings were proud to be American.
(a) Peace.
(b) Grief.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Sorrow.

5. Alvord knows that _______ patients needed to be handled with care, especially when it comes to end of life decisions.
(a) Male.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Female.
(d) Lakota.

6. Alvord begins to see how her Native American ________ can aid in her educational process.
(a) Story.
(b) Experience.
(c) Background.
(d) Theology.

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

8. Robert Cupp turns to __________ in order to cope with the years of oppression he suffers at the hands of others.
(a) Drugs.
(b) Affairs.
(c) Writing.
(d) Drinking.

9. Cancer is seen as a great ________ to the Navajo people, caused by an evil action or evil deed.
(a) Horror.
(b) Concern.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Abomination.

10. Medicine men and women come to see the person they are treating as a __________ person.
(a) Whole.
(b) Scattered.
(c) Bored.
(d) Deadly.

11. The form of healing that is used in the Navajo culture is the idea of walking in ___________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Balance.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Harmony.

12. How many Navajo students were at the school of the person that Alvord meets and finds to be an inspiration?
(a) Six.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

13. What is the job that Alvord gets when she is in high school and is interested in medicine?
(a) Veterinarian assistant.
(b) She doesn't have a job.
(c) Reservation pharmacy.
(d) Medicine apprentice.

14. What is the type of cancer that Carolyn Yazzie has, as described during this section of the book?
(a) Brain.
(b) Bone.
(c) Lung.
(d) Breast.

15. Who states that Dezbah is healed from her surgery, according to this section of the book?
(a) The tea leaves.
(b) Her family.
(c) A child.
(d) Medicine man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Alvord is the first __________ to become a surgeon, according to the book.

2. Jesus Arviso is a _________ translator who was eventually adopted into the tribe, according to Alvord.

3. Navajo people often want the removed _________ back after the surgery is complete, according to tradition.

4. The Navajo have no word for ________, which is a part of why it is so scary to them when it comes up.

5. What is the type of bark that can be used to treat scurvy?

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