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

2. Where does Jon end up asking Lori to marry him, as she is out visiting him during training?
(a) Mendocino.
(b) Fort Bragg.
(c) Gualla.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What is NOT one of the things Jon and Lori do when they are waiting for the labor to begin?
(a) Reading.
(b) Long hikes.
(c) Scrabble.
(d) Rented movies.

4. Alvord at first was hesitant to share her discoveries, but then moved beyond her ________.
(a) Limits.
(b) Tribe.
(c) Worries.
(d) Fears.

5. Thomas also sponsors _________ for Dartmouth Native American students, according to this part of the book.
(a) Lessons.
(b) Courses.
(c) Workshops.
(d) Continuing education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alvord says her pregnancy allows her to become closer to all of the ___________ around her.

2. What is the year in which Jon and Lori meet, according to the book?

3. Where does Alvord drive to in order to see the medicine man during her pregnancy?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thomas Hataathlii perform and do as his profession?

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

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

4. What is the added problem that comes along with the larger than normal harvest on the reservation?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Alvord choose the name she does for her child during her pregnancy?

10. What is special about Thomas' position as a medicine man in 1955?

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