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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. What is the full name of the IHS, as described in this book as having conducted alleged atrocities?
(a) Interconnected Heart Service.
(b) Indian Health Service.
(c) Interfaith Health Service.
(d) Indian Hurt Service.

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

3. Many people who see stories about the Navajo and this disease begin to worry that it is the way the Navajo _________ that causes the disease.
(a) Drive.
(b) Worship.
(c) Live.
(d) Drink.

4. What is the medical symptom Alvord begins to have during this portion of her pregnancy?
(a) Stomach aches.
(b) Pelvic pain.
(c) Kidney infections.
(d) Headaches.

5. Walking in ________ becomes a whole philosophy of wellness, according to Alvord.
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is afraid that losing the dog will end up causing them to lose touch with one another?

2. Alvord wants to remember her __________ during the surgical procedure in order to have more empathy for her patients.

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

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

5. What is the ceremony that Thomas has performed in the past, even though he is one of the youngest medicine men?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some of the feelings that Alvord has during the ceremony that Thomas does for Alvord and her child?

3. What do Alvord and Jon decide to do to begin the labor process with Kodi?

4. What is the experience of Bernice that causes her to be afraid of doctors and of surgeries?

5. Why is Alvord encouraged to go see a medicine man during her pregnancy?

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

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

8. What does Alvord want to remember as she is experiencing the labor and its complications?

9. What is placed on Alvord's body during the c-section procedure?

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

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