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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was often impatient with those who did a poor job and did not like to be questioned?
(a) Job.
(b) Jon.
(c) The nurses.
(d) Dr. Alvord.

4. 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.

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

6. What is the job that Alvord takes on with Gary Rosenberg in New Mexico?
(a) Fact checker.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Research assistant.
(d) Research technician.

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

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

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

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

11. What is NOT one of the components of a normal Navajo diet?
(a) Grains.
(b) Limited meat.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Beans.

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

13. In which town is Carolyn visiting a clinic during the start of this particular chapter?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Gallup.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Crownpoint.

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

15. Alvord's grandmother _________ understands the complexities of living two lives, as she comes from a mixed background.
(a) Grace.
(b) June.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alvord's first name, as given to her when she was born?

2. Cancer is seen as a great ________ to the Navajo people, caused by an evil action or evil deed.

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

4. For how long is Carolyn missing before Dr. Alvord finds her?

5. What is a common condition among the Navajo people, which is why they have to have surgery so often?

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