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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cupp is barred from speaking ________ when he is in school, which causes the assimilation of the culture.
(a) Lakota.
(b) English.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Navajo.

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

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

4. What is Alvord's first name, as given to her when she was born?
(a) Janette.
(b) Lori.
(c) Lorisa.
(d) Lorraine.

5. Which of Alvord's parents is a full-blooded Navajo person, according to this book?
(a) Father.
(b) Both.
(c) Mother.
(d) Neither.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alvord's __________, due to her training as a surgeon, often makes her look like a white woman.

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

3. Alvord and her sisters never think the media's representation of ___________ has anything to do with them.

4. The fact that Alvord is a _______ often meant that she was not recognized as a Navajo by her fellow tribespeople.

5. What is NOT one of the components of a normal Navajo diet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the background of Alvord's parents which makes her distinctly capable of working within two worlds of thought?

2. Why does Alvord believe her story is important for Navajo girls to hear, which is why she writes this book?

3. What does Alvord have to do as a child growing up that causes her to choose between her heritages?

4. What kind of job does Alvord have when she is fourteen and living on the reservation?

5. How does Alvord see alcohol and its impact on the Native American people?

6. What is one of the most important parts of Navajo healing in the culture?

7. What is something Alvord's mother teaches her, though it is not common in the Navajo culture?

8. How does Alvord continue to celebrate her animal totem and her strong sense of self?

9. What could the Navajo people not believe about the disease of cancer, as they had no word for it?

10. What happens among the Navajo people when Alvord becomes a doctor?

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