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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Every dominant culture, according to Alvord, accuses the subordinate cultures of not being __________.
(a) Ready.
(b) Advanced.
(c) Clean.
(d) Truthful.

2. What is the age of Alvord's great-grandmother when she dies, according to the book?
(a) 81.
(b) 91.
(c) 101.
(d) 95.

3. The first that is described in #157 is a sign that the ________ of the baby has attached to the body.
(a) Soul.
(b) Healing.
(c) Light.
(d) Hope.

4. What is the year in which Jon and Lori meet, according to the book?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1994.

5. What is the actual name of the disease that begins to kill the Navajo?
(a) Influenza.
(b) PCP.
(c) Hantavirus.
(d) AIDS.

6. Pregnancy induced hypertension is also known as ___________, which is the final diagnosis of Alvord at this point.
(a) False labor.
(b) Birlirubism.
(c) Mother's condition.
(d) Preeclampsia.

7. Alvord is told that she needs to stop ________ because of her pregnancy related condition.
(a) Surgery.
(b) Medications.
(c) Standing up.
(d) Healing practices.

8. Alvord does not like to be away from her tribe, but she knows it helps to break the ___________ for other Navajo.
(a) Future beliefs.
(b) Stories.
(c) Glass ceiling.
(d) Stereotypes.

9. What could the hospital get in order to force Melanie to have the necessary surgery?
(a) Restraining order.
(b) Court order.
(c) Injunction.
(d) New guardian.

10. There are many _______ that are involved with the birth of a Navajo child and Alvord wants to observe them.
(a) Stories.
(b) Superstitions.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Rituals.

11. Where does Alvord drive to in order to see the medicine man during her pregnancy?
(a) Tuba City.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) El Paso.

12. Thomas may be young at this point of the story, but he is _________ and keeps the old ways of the Navajo.
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Devoted.
(c) Wise.
(d) Educated.

13. Thomas says that he had a call to become a ___________, which Alvord describes after talking with him.
(a) Doctor.
(b) Holy person.
(c) Healing agent.
(d) Therapist.

14. People become too absorbed in being ________, according to Alvord, which allows them to become sick and overweight.
(a) Powerful.
(b) Rich.
(c) Controlling.
(d) Visible.

15. What is buried on the top of Mount Taylor, in accordance to the Navajo ways?
(a) Placenta.
(b) Umbilical cord.
(c) Her hospital gown.
(d) Red sash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the disease Florena had contracted after her surgery that may have caused her death?

2. In the ________, there are accusations against the IHS that Native American women were sterilized.

3. On what day of the induction do the drugs begin to work in Lori's body, according to the book?

4. Alvord says her pregnancy allows her to become closer to all of the ___________ around her.

5. Alvord begins to feel the effects of disharmony in her life, which causes her to consider seeing a ____________.

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