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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 IHS was also known for delivering ___________ care for those who went to use the facilities.
(a) Normal.
(b) Substandard.
(c) So-so.
(d) Useful.

2. There are many _______ that are involved with the birth of a Navajo child and Alvord wants to observe them.
(a) Superstitions.
(b) Stories.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Rituals.

3. The ideal operating room would be one full of _______ in which everyone knew each other.
(a) Connectivity.
(b) Community.
(c) Network.
(d) Interactivity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things Jon and Lori do when they are waiting for the labor to begin?

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

3. What is the age of Alvord's great-grandmother when she dies, according to the book?

4. Where do Alvord and Thomas go in order to perform the ceremony for her baby?

5. Many people who see stories about the Navajo and this disease begin to worry that it is the way the Navajo _________ that causes the disease.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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