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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) So-so.
(b) Useful.
(c) Normal.
(d) Substandard.

2. What does Jon decide to ask Lori out to when he finally summons up the courage to ask her out?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Lunch.

3. What is buried on the top of Mount Taylor, in accordance to the Navajo ways?
(a) Red sash.
(b) Her hospital gown.
(c) Placenta.
(d) Umbilical cord.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alvord decide to do, even though it's in direct opposition of her doctor's orders?

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

3. Who is afraid that losing the dog will end up causing them to lose touch with one another?

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

5. Alvord also tries to avoid _________ and arguments in order to help her baby stay calm.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Alvord do in order to support her child's harmony and health during her pregnancy?

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