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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. For how many days would people in the ceremony help to sing and dance with the person that is ill?
(a) Four.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Nine.

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

3. _______ eventually has to make a decision about whether to stay on or to leave the reservation.
(a) Anna.
(b) June.
(c) Alvord.
(d) Grace.

4. Robert teachers his daughters simple Navajo ________ as well a explains to them the interconnectedness of the world.
(a) Water chants.
(b) Parables.
(c) Insights.
(d) Crafts.

5. The leading cause of death among the Navajo people is ____________, at the time of this book.
(a) Motor vehicle accidents.
(b) Heart attacks.
(c) Strokes.
(d) Cirrhosis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For Alvord, coming back to the _____________ is difficult and painful at times.

3. Most people on the reservation spoke __________ as their first language, according to Alvord.

4. What did Alvord NOT have that makes it difficult when she wants to apply to medical school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Alvord know about the Night Chant, despite what her medical training taught her?

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

3. What do the Navajo first think when they become ill or sick with any kind of disease?

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

5. What does Alvord learn from her grandmother, Grace Cupp, as she grows up on the reservation?

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

7. What are the Navajo discouraged from doing in order to become more humble?

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

9. What does Gary Rosenberg encourage Alvord to do, though she had not considered it for herself before that time?

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

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