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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who presides over the ceremony between Jon and Lori when they get married the following year?
(a) Her father.
(b) Medicine man.
(c) The chief resident.
(d) His father.

2. What is the nickname that Alvord has already given to her new child, according to this part of the story?
(a) Kodi.
(b) Conner.
(c) Musa.
(d) DJ.

3. The Navajo celebrate the first _______ of a baby, according to the start of this section.
(a) Move.
(b) Smile.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Look.

4. What is NOT one of the things Jon and Lori do when they are waiting for the labor to begin?
(a) Long hikes.
(b) Scrabble.
(c) Reading.
(d) Rented movies.

5. What is the disease Florena had contracted after her surgery that may have caused her death?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Stomach virus.
(c) Severe respiratory distress.
(d) Influenza.

6. What is the medical symptom Alvord begins to have during this portion of her pregnancy?
(a) Headaches.
(b) Pelvic pain.
(c) Stomach aches.
(d) Kidney infections.

7. What is the trade of Betty Cowboy, who also succumbs to the deadly disease, according to the book?
(a) Silversmith.
(b) Animal doctor.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Medicine woman.

8. In the ________, there are accusations against the IHS that Native American women were sterilized.
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1970s.

9. Bernice is scared of anyone who wants to ________ into her granddaughter, according to this section of the book.
(a) Reach.
(b) Look.
(c) Wander.
(d) Cut.

10. What does Alvord's condition the pregnancy cause her to have to contemplate?
(a) Her life vs. her baby's life.
(b) Abortion.
(c) Her marriage.
(d) C-section.

11. What is the trouble with Alvord's recommended course of treatment? She is __________.
(a) Bored.
(b) Too happy.
(c) Tired.
(d) In the last year of residency.

12. Where do Alvord and Thomas go in order to perform the ceremony for her baby?
(a) Trailer.
(b) Office.
(c) Hut.
(d) Lodge.

13. What is the nickname that Alvord has chosen short for?
(a) Connoli.
(b) Kodiak.
(c) Dear Juniper.
(d) Musamesa.

14. On what day of the induction do the drugs begin to work in Lori's body, according to the book?
(a) First.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Third.
(d) Second.

15. Pregnancy induced hypertension is also known as ___________, which is the final diagnosis of Alvord at this point.
(a) False labor.
(b) Birlirubism.
(c) Mother's condition.
(d) Preeclampsia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could the hospital get in order to force Melanie to have the necessary surgery?

2. Alvord at first was hesitant to share her discoveries, but then moved beyond her ________.

3. What does Alvord decide to do, even though it's in direct opposition of her doctor's orders?

4. Thomas may be young at this point of the story, but he is _________ and keeps the old ways of the Navajo.

5. How old is Jon when he and Lori first meet, which causes a certain strain on their relationship?

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