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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. The school where Alvord is accepted has a __________ Native American community, according to the book.

2. There is some evidence now that suggests patients are _________ during surgery and this awareness affects them after.

3. As a child, Alvord often has to decide whether to play with the _________ or the whites in their neighborhood and schools.

4. When the Navajo become ill, they often wonder what local ______ they broke in order to create the situation of disease.

5. What part of Evelyn's body is partially paralyzed as a result of the surgery, according to the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during the surgery of Evelyn Bitsui, which leads to Alvord improving her bedside manner?

2. What is the ancestral diet of the Navajo, according to Alvord?

3. What was the background of one of Alvord's grandfathers, which allows her grandmother to understand Alvord's conflict?

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

5. What do the Navajo people think causes cancer in those who are stricken with it?

6. What are the Navajo discouraged from doing in order to become more humble?

7. What happens among the Navajo people when Alvord becomes a doctor?

8. What does Alvord arrange for a cancer patient, Carolyn Yazzie, when she is diagnosed with breast cancer?

9. What kind of job does Alvord have when she is fourteen and living on the reservation?

10. What happens to Alvord's father after his troubles with alcohol?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Alvord has a medicine man come out to bless the new ICU when it is built, something that had not been done before.

Part 1: What is the purpose of having the ICU blessed?

Part 2: How would the blessed ICU help those who were not Navajo?

Part 3: Do you think that hospitals should have more blessings of their facilities?

Essay Topic 3

A medicine man is the one who realizes the cause of the unexplained deaths in the Navajo reservation.

Part 1: Why do you think no one else could determine the possible cause of the Navajo plague?

Part 2: How is it that the media didn't point out the help of the medicine man?

Part 3: Do you think anyone else would have been able to determine the cause of the plague?

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