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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, Life Out of Balance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alvord knows that _______ patients needed to be handled with care, especially when it comes to end of life decisions.
(a) Female.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Male.

2. In what state was Dr. Alvord born before she was moved onto the reservation with her parents?
(a) Washington.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

3. To the students at Alvord's new college, the reservation would appear to be a ______________.
(a) War zone.
(b) Mine field.
(c) Third world country.
(d) Catastrophe.

4. How many Navajo students were at the school of the person that Alvord meets and finds to be an inspiration?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Five.

5. Alvord begins to find that the logic of _________ extends to other subjects, so she does well in school.
(a) Anatomy.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Humility.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Alvord's new home is located close to the _________, and her grandmother Grace will live with her there.

3. What is the type of surgery that Evelyn Bitsui has to have during this section of the book's narrative?

4. Alvord begins to see how her Native American ________ can aid in her educational process.

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

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