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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, Walking the Path between Worlds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most people on the reservation spoke __________ as their first language, according to Alvord.
(a) Lakota.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

2. Medicine men and women come to see the person they are treating as a __________ person.
(a) Bored.
(b) Deadly.
(c) Scattered.
(d) Whole.

3. What is the last name of Dr. Alvord, according to the description of her life in this chapter?
(a) Alvord.
(b) Singing Woman.
(c) Lorraine.
(d) Cupp.

4. Dr. Alvord is the first __________ to become a surgeon, according to the book.
(a) Undergrad.
(b) Woman.
(c) Man.
(d) Navajo.

5. ___________ is the only Ivy League school at the time that has more than fifty Native American students.
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Alvord's parents is a full-blooded Navajo person, according to this book?

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

3. Alvord's grandmother _________ understands the complexities of living two lives, as she comes from a mixed background.

4. The form of healing that is used in the Navajo culture is the idea of walking in ___________.

5. Jesus Arviso is a _________ translator who was eventually adopted into the tribe, according to Alvord.

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