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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 remember her __________ during the surgical procedure in order to have more empathy for her patients.
(a) Misery.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Separateness.
(d) Lack of control.

2. What could the hospital get in order to force Melanie to have the necessary surgery?
(a) Injunction.
(b) Court order.
(c) Restraining order.
(d) New guardian.

3. What does Alvord decide to do, even though it's in direct opposition of her doctor's orders?
(a) Continue with surgery.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Take medication.
(d) See a medicine man.

4. Who presides over the ceremony between Jon and Lori when they get married the following year?
(a) Medicine man.
(b) The chief resident.
(c) His father.
(d) Her father.

5. Pregnancy induced hypertension is also known as ___________, which is the final diagnosis of Alvord at this point.
(a) False labor.
(b) Birlirubism.
(c) Preeclampsia.
(d) Mother's condition.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Alvord's friends is worried that her ________ is stressing her out too much.

2. How long does it take Jon to summon up the courage to ask Lori out on a date?

3. Alvord does not like to be away from her tribe, but she knows it helps to break the ___________ for other Navajo.

4. What is the full name of the IHS, as described in this book as having conducted alleged atrocities?

5. During what month does Alvord find out she is pregnant, according to this section of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is placed on Alvord's body during the c-section procedure?

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

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

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

7. What is the problem with Melanie Begay's appendix surgery?

8. Why is Alvord encouraged to go see a medicine man during her pregnancy?

9. What does Alvord want to remember as she is experiencing the labor and its complications?

10. Why is Alvord hesitant to become involved with a white man, according to her writing?

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