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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Alvord decide to work with Gary Rosenberg, according to the book?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Yale.
(c) University of New Mexico.
(d) University of Phoenix.

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

3. What part of Evelyn's body is partially paralyzed as a result of the surgery, according to the book?
(a) Neither.
(b) Both.
(c) Left.
(d) Right.

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

5. Which of Alvord's parents is a full-blooded Navajo person, according to this book?
(a) Both.
(b) Father.
(c) Neither.
(d) Mother.

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

7. Who states that Dezbah is healed from her surgery, according to this section of the book?
(a) A child.
(b) The tea leaves.
(c) Medicine man.
(d) Her family.

8. What subject in school has always fascinated Alvord?
(a) Music.
(b) English.
(c) Human anatomy.
(d) History.

9. Navajos have a strong cultural belief that they should never touch _____________.
(a) The liars.
(b) The dead.
(c) The living.
(d) The sick.

10. The fact that Alvord is a _______ often meant that she was not recognized as a Navajo by her fellow tribespeople.
(a) Doctor.
(b) Sister.
(c) Woman.
(d) Priest.

11. Cupp is barred from speaking ________ when he is in school, which causes the assimilation of the culture.
(a) Navajo.
(b) Sioux.
(c) English.
(d) Lakota.

12. Navajos do not dream of a __________, as this is not passed down to daughters in the culture.
(a) Single life.
(b) Better life.
(c) Education.
(d) Marriage.

13. Alvord inherited the _________ of her people, even though her siblings were proud to be American.
(a) Grief.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Peace.
(d) Sorrow.

14. The form of healing that is used in the Navajo culture is the idea of walking in ___________.
(a) Balance.
(b) Truth.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Harmony.

15. Alvord begins to see how her Native American ________ can aid in her educational process.
(a) Background.
(b) Experience.
(c) Story.
(d) Theology.

Short Answer Questions

1. The main concern with cancer among the Navajo people is that they think it is _____________.

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

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

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

5. What did Alvord never do as she was not raised in her culture to do so?

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