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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alvord wants to bring in a __________ for Carolyn in order to help her with her cancer.
(a) Cancer specialist.
(b) New treatment.
(c) Medicine man.
(d) Family member.

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

3. What is the kind of necklace that Alvord wears, in accordance with her animal totem?
(a) Silver snake.
(b) Silver fox.
(c) Silver bear.
(d) Silver spider.

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

5. Robert teachers his daughters simple Navajo ________ as well a explains to them the interconnectedness of the world.
(a) Crafts.
(b) Parables.
(c) Insights.
(d) Water chants.

6. What is the job that Alvord gets when she is in high school and is interested in medicine?
(a) Reservation pharmacy.
(b) She doesn't have a job.
(c) Medicine apprentice.
(d) Veterinarian assistant.

7. As a child, Alvord often has to decide whether to play with the _________ or the whites in their neighborhood and schools.
(a) Whites.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Blacks.

8. Grace ends up marrying an ___________ and has an appreciation of other cultures.
(a) Englishman.
(b) Irishman.
(c) Welshman.
(d) Ojibuwe.

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

10. For how long is Carolyn missing before Dr. Alvord finds her?
(a) One day.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) One year.

11. What is the type of surgery that Evelyn Bitsui has to have during this section of the book's narrative?
(a) Pelvic.
(b) Gallbladder.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Lung.

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

13. What is the color the overwhelms Alvord when she first gets onto her college campus?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

14. The Navajo have no word for ________, which is a part of why it is so scary to them when it comes up.
(a) Love.
(b) Pain.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Alvord encouraged to go by Rosenberg, even though she does not think she is capable?

3. Where does Alvord decide to work with Gary Rosenberg, according to the book?

4. Cupp is barred from speaking ________ when he is in school, which causes the assimilation of the culture.

5. Navajos do not dream of a __________, as this is not passed down to daughters in the culture.

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