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

2. Dr. Alvord is the first __________ to become a surgeon, according to the book.
(a) Man.
(b) Undergrad.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Woman.

3. The Navajo are taught to always be _________ in dealing with others in their lives.
(a) Quiet.
(b) Humble.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Secretive.

4. What is the job that Alvord gets when she is in high school and is interested in medicine?
(a) Medicine apprentice.
(b) She doesn't have a job.
(c) Reservation pharmacy.
(d) Veterinarian assistant.

5. Medicine men and women come to see the person they are treating as a __________ person.
(a) Scattered.
(b) Bored.
(c) Deadly.
(d) Whole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Navajo men particularly vulnerable toward, which causes many maladies among Navajo men?

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

3. Who is called in to help the Navajo people if they can not heal on their own?

4. Alvord sees alcohol as the lubrication of __________ which allows other people to dominate the Navajo people.

5. Alvord begins to find that the logic of _________ extends to other subjects, so she does well in school.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was special about the student population at Dartmouth, where Alvord sent her college application?

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

4. What does Alvord find helps her in the education process, though she had not done well in previous biology courses?

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

6. What happens during the surgery of Evelyn Bitsui, which leads to Alvord improving her bedside manner?

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

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

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

10. How does Alvord continue to celebrate her animal totem and her strong sense of self?

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