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

2. What is the color the overwhelms Alvord when she first gets onto her college campus?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

3. Who tells Carolyn that the cancer is her fault, according to the description in this section of the book?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Mother.
(c) Brother.
(d) Sister.

4. Alvord respects her patients desire to have __________ before they have any surgery.
(a) Sacrifices.
(b) Gatherings of family.
(c) Smoke lodges.
(d) Ceremonies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Navajo students were at the school of the person that Alvord meets and finds to be an inspiration?

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

3. _______ eventually has to make a decision about whether to stay on or to leave the reservation.

4. A person can live a long time without a ____________, as Alvord has seen time and time again.

5. Alvord's new home is located close to the _________, and her grandmother Grace will live with her there.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alvord seek to treat when she is managing her patients, a way that develops over time?

2. What happens to Alvord's father after his troubles with alcohol?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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