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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Alvord didn't expect much of college until she met a Navajo student from ____________.
(a) Yale.
(b) Dartmouth.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.
2. Jesus Arviso is a _________ translator who was eventually adopted into the tribe, according to Alvord.
(a) Greek.
(b) Russian.
(c) Spaniard.
(d) French.
3. In which town is Carolyn visiting a clinic during the start of this particular chapter?
(a) Gallup.
(b) Crownpoint.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Chicago.
4. Alvord believes that patient _______ are dehumanizing and inharmonious, according to her description.
(a) Summaries.
(b) Histories.
(c) Progress notes.
(d) Charts.
5. For how many days would people in the ceremony help to sing and dance with the person that is ill?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Nine.
(d) Twenty.
Short Answer Questions
1. __________ is a reservation border town that spills into New Mexico, so Alvord decides to move there with her grandmother.
2. What is the type of bark that can be used to treat scurvy?
3. Who tells Carolyn that the cancer is her fault, according to the description in this section of the book?
4. ________ scares Alvord as well since so many dollars are poured into research, only to have it not be easy to treat.
5. Drunk driving arrests in Gallup exceed _________ per year, according to Alvord at the time of writing this book.
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the job that Alvord takes after she graduates from Dartmouth?
2. How does Alvord see alcohol and its impact on the Native American people?
3. What could the Navajo people not believe about the disease of cancer, as they had no word for it?
4. What do the Navajo first think when they become ill or sick with any kind of disease?
5. What happens among the Navajo people when Alvord becomes a doctor?
6. What are the Navajo discouraged from doing in order to become more humble?
7. What did Alvord find to be the case with many professional surgeons around her?
8. What are some of the roles that a woman may play within the matriarchal society of the Navajo?
9. What is the background of Alvord's parents which makes her distinctly capable of working within two worlds of thought?
10. What happens during the surgery of Evelyn Bitsui, which leads to Alvord improving her bedside manner?
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