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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. Alvord knows that _______ patients needed to be handled with care, especially when it comes to end of life decisions.
(a) Female.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Lakota.
(d) Male.

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

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

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

5. Relationships must be in _______ with others in order to be healthy, according to the Navajo way of thinking.
(a) Truth.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Harmony.
(d) Commitment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alvord comes to look at the ________ of the being of each of her patients, according to the book.

2. ________ bark can be used to treat pain, and it is still being used today in chemical form.

3. Alvord respects her patients desire to have __________ before they have any surgery.

4. ___________ is the only Ivy League school at the time that has more than fifty Native American students.

5. What is the color the overwhelms Alvord when she first gets onto her college campus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the background of one of Alvord's grandfathers, which allows her grandmother to understand Alvord's conflict?

2. What does Alvord arrange for a cancer patient, Carolyn Yazzie, when she is diagnosed with breast cancer?

3. What is the job that Alvord takes after she graduates from Dartmouth?

4. What do the Navajo people think causes cancer in those who are stricken with it?

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

6. What does Alvord think about patient histories and how they describe the patients?

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

8. Why are end of life decisions difficult for many Navajos to make, according to Alvord's observations?

9. What did other doctors at the Gallup Indian Medical Center find challenging?

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

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