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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. Who tells Carolyn that the cancer is her fault, according to the description in this section of the book?
(a) Brother.
(b) Mother.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Sister.

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

3. Alvord didn't expect much of college until she met a Navajo student from ____________.
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Dartmouth.
(d) Yale.

4. What is the job that Alvord takes on with Gary Rosenberg in New Mexico?
(a) Research technician.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Fact checker.
(d) Research assistant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To the students at Alvord's new college, the reservation would appear to be a ______________.

2. What are Navajo men particularly vulnerable toward, which causes many maladies among Navajo men?

3. The body, according to Alvord, appeared to be like the Navajo philosophy of the __________.

4. Cancer is seen as a great ________ to the Navajo people, caused by an evil action or evil deed.

5. Where does Dr. Alvord find Carloyn later on, though she knew that she would be seeking additional healing?

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