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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 is the trouble with Alvord's recommended course of treatment? She is __________.
(a) In the last year of residency.
(b) Tired.
(c) Too happy.
(d) Bored.

2. Bernice is scared of anyone who wants to ________ into her granddaughter, according to this section of the book.
(a) Wander.
(b) Cut.
(c) Reach.
(d) Look.

3. What is in a larger supply since the nut harvest is much larger and needs to be stored away?
(a) Rat droppings.
(b) Wet spots.
(c) Mold spores.
(d) Nothing.

4. What is the medical symptom Alvord begins to have during this portion of her pregnancy?
(a) Stomach aches.
(b) Pelvic pain.
(c) Kidney infections.
(d) Headaches.

5. Most of the people that Lori has dated in her life have been _____________, though she likes to date from all backgrounds.
(a) Whites.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) Indian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long after their first date do Jon and Lori get engaged, according to the book?

3. The _______ want to run their own health care system, outside of the Indian Health Service, which Alvord supports.

4. The eventual diagnosis for Florena is catastrophic ________, according to the records.

5. What is the nickname that Alvord has already given to her new child, according to this part of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is so special to the Navajo about a baby's first laugh, according to Alvord?

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

4. What happens when Alvord first becomes pregnant with her first child?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Alvord's pregnancy cause her to become reacquainted with, according to the book?

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