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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Patients are made to be _________ in the traditional medicine system, according to this book.
(a) Active.
(b) Dehumanized.
(c) Dramatized.
(d) Passive.

2. Where does Dr. Alvord find Carloyn later on, though she knew that she would be seeking additional healing?
(a) Beauty Way.
(b) Beauty Chant.
(c) Night Way.
(d) Night Chant.

3. It is revealed later on that Alvord's paternal grandfather was a ___________ man.
(a) Chinese.
(b) Black.
(c) Lakota.
(d) Navajo.

4. Drunk driving arrests in Gallup exceed _________ per year, according to Alvord at the time of writing this book.
(a) 100,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 10,000.

5. The school where Alvord is accepted has a __________ Native American community, according to the book.
(a) Decreasing.
(b) Vibrant.
(c) Nonexistent.
(d) Dull.

6. What subject in school has always fascinated Alvord?
(a) History.
(b) Human anatomy.
(c) English.
(d) Music.

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

8. To the students at Alvord's new college, the reservation would appear to be a ______________.
(a) Catastrophe.
(b) War zone.
(c) Third world country.
(d) Mine field.

9. Alvord and her sisters never think the media's representation of ___________ has anything to do with them.
(a) Whites.
(b) Children.
(c) Hispanics.
(d) Indians.

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

11. In what state does Alvord have her surgical practice, according to this chapter?
(a) Florida.
(b) Texas.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Arizona.

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

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

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

15. What is the type of bark that can be used to treat scurvy?
(a) Birch.
(b) Evergreen tree.
(c) Maple.
(d) Orange tree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Alvord knows that Carolyn's life lacks _________, which might have helped cause her cancer, but she keeps this knowledge to herself.

3. What is the job that Alvord takes on with Gary Rosenberg in New Mexico?

4. Robert Cupp turns to __________ in order to cope with the years of oppression he suffers at the hands of others.

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

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