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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. What might have spilled into Florena's body if Alvord had cut into her body accidentally?
(a) Pus.
(b) Mucus.
(c) Blood.
(d) Bile.

2. Who is afraid that losing the dog will end up causing them to lose touch with one another?
(a) Jon.
(b) Both.
(c) Neither.
(d) Lori.

3. Every dominant culture, according to Alvord, accuses the subordinate cultures of not being __________.
(a) Clean.
(b) Advanced.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Ready.

4. Traditionally, the Navajos are supposed to be in deference to __________, but Alvord make sure this didn't happen.
(a) Father in laws.
(b) Fathers.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Mother in laws.

5. Alvord says her pregnancy allows her to become closer to all of the ___________ around her.
(a) Injustices.
(b) Evil.
(c) Errors.
(d) Suffering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the position Thomas held at the Tuba City Hospital through the Indian Health Service?

2. How many other deans does Alvord work with in order to plan for the medical school?

3. According to Alvord, new _________ support her beliefs of how social activities and relationships are tied to lower mortality rates.

4. Alvord is told that she needs to stop ________ because of her pregnancy related condition.

5. In the ________, there are accusations against the IHS that Native American women were sterilized.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a Navajo healer track, according to Alvord's findings?

2. What is the experience of Bernice that causes her to be afraid of doctors and of surgeries?

3. What is the elective surgery that Florena Woody has, which is generally complication free?

4. What do Alvord and Jon decide to do to begin the labor process with Kodi?

5. What happens when Alvord works on a surgery with an Army Special Forces medic trainee, according to the book?

6. What do the medicine men point out to Alvord and others when the deaths begin to occur in the reservation?

7. What does Jon tell Dr. Alvord when Jon's dog becomes seriously injured as a result of a car accident?

8. What are some of the feelings that Alvord has during the ceremony that Thomas does for Alvord and her child?

9. What does Alvord believe happened during Florena's surgery, which may have led to her death?

10. What does Alvord find out from John when they go out for lunch together, according to the book?

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