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

2. When the Navajo become ill, they often wonder what local ______ they broke in order to create the situation of disease.
(a) Ritual.
(b) Water line.
(c) Promise.
(d) Story.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alvord decide to work with Gary Rosenberg, according to the book?

2. Navajo people often want the removed _________ back after the surgery is complete, according to tradition.

3. Who tells Carolyn that the cancer is her fault, according to the description in this section of the book?

4. What is the job that Alvord gets when she is in high school and is interested in medicine?

5. The body, according to Alvord, appeared to be like the Navajo philosophy of the __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem that requires Dezbah Tsosie to have surgery with Alvord?

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

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

4. What is the ancestral diet of the Navajo, according to Alvord?

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

6. What are some of the roles that a woman may play within the matriarchal society of the Navajo?

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

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

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

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

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