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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 wants to bring in a __________ for Carolyn in order to help her with her cancer.
(a) New treatment.
(b) Medicine man.
(c) Family member.
(d) Cancer specialist.

2. As a child, Alvord often has to decide whether to play with the _________ or the whites in their neighborhood and schools.
(a) Navajo.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Whites.

3. ________ scares Alvord as well since so many dollars are poured into research, only to have it not be easy to treat.
(a) Hanta virus.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Cancer.

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

5. For Alvord, coming back to the _____________ is difficult and painful at times.
(a) Hospital.
(b) Reservation.
(c) Hut.
(d) Smaller cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job that Alvord takes on with Gary Rosenberg in New Mexico?

2. What part of Evelyn's body is partially paralyzed as a result of the surgery, according to the book?

3. __________ is a reservation border town that spills into New Mexico, so Alvord decides to move there with her grandmother.

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

5. How many bars does Gallup have for every 50,000 people at the time of the book, according to Alvord?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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