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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. In which town is Carolyn visiting a clinic during the start of this particular chapter?

2. What is Alvord's first name, as given to her when she was born?

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

4. The medicine men also teach the white men to use Quinine to treat ___________, according to Alvord's research.

5. Who states that Dezbah is healed from her surgery, according to this section of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do the Navajo first think when they become ill or sick with any kind of disease?

6. How does Alvord see alcohol and its impact on the Native American people?

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

8. Who has an alcohol problem, which leads Alvord to see alcoholism as a disease?

9. What does Alvord have to do as a child growing up that causes her to choose between her heritages?

10. What does Gary Rosenberg encourage Alvord to do, though she had not considered it for herself before that time?

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 have a strong bedside manner at the start of her career, though she sought to change this.

Part 1: What are the benefits of having a positive bedside manner?

Part 2: What are some of the benefits of having a less than friendly bedside manner?

Part 3: Would you rather have a friendly doctor or a doctor who doesn't mince words? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Alvord comes to see alcoholism as a disease after witnessing the way it impacts the Navajo people.

Part 1: How would you define the condition of alcoholism?

Part 2: Do you think the alcoholism is a problem that can be stopped in the Navajo people?

Part 3: Why would a people who want to live in balance turn to alcohol?

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