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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the ceremony, many people sing songs that talk about the beauty of the _____________.
(a) Universe.
(b) Shooting stars.
(c) Sick person.
(d) Earth.

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

3. Navajo people often want the removed _________ back after the surgery is complete, according to tradition.
(a) Stitches.
(b) Blood.
(c) Organs.
(d) Fluids.

4. Native American history shows how other cultures have come to see their race as ____________.
(a) Useless.
(b) Superior.
(c) Inferior.
(d) Ignorable.

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

11. Alvord knows that Carolyn's life lacks _________, which might have helped cause her cancer, but she keeps this knowledge to herself.
(a) Honesty.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Nutrition.
(d) Balance.

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

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

14. 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.

15. What are Navajo men particularly vulnerable toward, which causes many maladies among Navajo men?
(a) Peyote.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Boredom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cultural background of Alvord's mother, according to this section?

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

3. Alvord begins to find that the logic of _________ extends to other subjects, so she does well in school.

4. What did Alvord NOT have that makes it difficult when she wants to apply to medical school?

5. How many bars does Gallup have for every 50,000 people at the time of the book, according to Alvord?

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