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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grace ends up marrying an ___________ and has an appreciation of other cultures.

2. The Navajo are taught to always be _________ in dealing with others in their lives.

3. Alvord sees alcohol as the lubrication of __________ which allows other people to dominate the Navajo people.

4. Patients can often feel ____________ and forgotten when they are in the Western medicine system.

5. What is the kind of necklace that Alvord wears, in accordance with her animal totem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What could the Navajo people not believe about the disease of cancer, as they had no word for it?

2. What is the problem that requires Dezbah Tsosie to have surgery with Alvord?

3. What was special about the student population at Dartmouth, where Alvord sent her college application?

4. What did Alvord find to be the case with many professional surgeons around her?

5. What does Alvord seek to treat when she is managing her patients, a way that develops over time?

6. What does Alvord think about patient histories and how they describe the patients?

7. Why does Alvord believe her story is important for Navajo girls to hear, which is why she writes this book?

8. What did other doctors at the Gallup Indian Medical Center find challenging?

9. What did Alvord know about the Night Chant, despite what her medical training taught her?

10. How does Alvord continue to celebrate her animal totem and her strong sense of self?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alvord decides to see a medicine man in order to help her with her pregnancy.

Part 1: Why do you think Alvord believes a medicine man can help her?

Part 2: Do you think you would ever see a medicine man or woman?

Part 3: What can a medicine man or woman offer to Alvord that other doctors can not?

Essay Topic 2

Alvord did not do well in the sciences when she first attended college, but she changed her attitude and her grades later on.

Part 1: Why do you think Alvord was unable to do well in the sciences at first?

Part 2: How did Alvord begin to grow more confident in her knowledge of the sciences?

Part 3: Do you think a person that is not strong in sciences can become a good doctor?

Essay Topic 3

Alvord's mother was unlike other Navajo mothers, encouraging her daughters to want more in life.

Part 1: Do you think it's a good idea to encourage children to want more out of life?

Part 2: Why do you think the Navajo do not encourage children to want more from life?

Part 3: How do you feel about wanting more out of your own life?

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