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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six, Ceremony Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Drunk driving arrests in Gallup exceed _________ per year, according to Alvord at the time of writing this book.
(a) 25,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 50,000.

2. Who is called in to help the Navajo people if they can not heal on their own?
(a) Medicine man.
(b) Parents.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Outsiders.

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

4. Alvord sees alcohol as the lubrication of __________ which allows other people to dominate the Navajo people.
(a) Domination.
(b) Conflagration.
(c) Consternation.
(d) Trepidation.

5. A ___________ is a song that's needed to cure a person of their illness in the Navajo culture.
(a) Beauty Way.
(b) Chantway.
(c) Songway.
(d) Blessingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert Cupp turns to __________ in order to cope with the years of oppression he suffers at the hands of others.

2. For Alvord, coming back to the _____________ is difficult and painful at times.

3. Alvord believes that patient _______ are dehumanizing and inharmonious, according to her description.

4. _______ eventually has to make a decision about whether to stay on or to leave the reservation.

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

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