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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. One of Alvord's friends is worried that her ________ is stressing her out too much.
(a) Job.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Family.
(d) Home.

2. Alvord also tries to avoid _________ and arguments in order to help her baby stay calm.
(a) Surgeries.
(b) Situations.
(c) Appointments.
(d) Confrontations.

3. What does Alvord decide to do, even though it's in direct opposition of her doctor's orders?
(a) See a medicine man.
(b) Take medication.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Continue with surgery.

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

5. During what month does Alvord find out she is pregnant, according to this section of the book?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In _______, Thomas is the youngest Navajo medicine man, according to the book.

2. What is buried on the top of Mount Taylor, in accordance to the Navajo ways?

3. Traditionally, the Navajos are supposed to be in deference to __________, but Alvord make sure this didn't happen.

4. What is in a larger supply since the nut harvest is much larger and needs to be stored away?

5. What does Alvord's condition the pregnancy cause her to have to contemplate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem with Melanie Begay's appendix surgery?

2. What does Thomas Hataathlii perform and do as his profession?

3. What do the medicine men point out to Alvord and others when the deaths begin to occur in the reservation?

4. What happens when Alvord first becomes pregnant with her first child?

5. What happens when Alvord works on a surgery with an Army Special Forces medic trainee, according to the book?

6. What happens behind Bernice's back as the hospital staff attempts to get Melanie the surgery she needs?

7. What are the allegations made against the Indian Health Service in the 1950s?

8. What happens to Kodi's grandmother, Grace, at the beginning of this chapter?

9. What are some of the accolades that Alvord enjoys as a result of helping with the Dartmouth Native American Program?

10. What does a Navajo healer track, according to Alvord's findings?

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