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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of medicine do the Hmong allow themselves to rely on?
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Vitamins.
(c) Aromatherapies.
(d) Shots.

2. How old was the best translator that Anne worked with?
(a) 20.
(b) 60.
(c) 15.
(d) 40.

3. Who in the Hmong culture has the highest rank?
(a) Elderly males.
(b) Young women.
(c) Young men.
(d) Elderly women.

4. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?
(a) Because you have done something wrong.
(b) Because of physical reasons.
(c) They are hand picked people by the shaman to get sick.
(d) They arise from the spiritual realm.

5. How does a txiv neeb reach a diagnosis?
(a) He or she asks pointed questions.
(b) He or she asks their colleagues.
(c) They ask the village for their feelings.
(d) A txiv neeb senses things in the spiritual world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is impossible to separate from the past for the Hmong people?

2. In Chapter Six, what continues to trickle back to the refugee camps?

3. What happened on that day that Lia's doctors said they dreaded in Chapter 11?

4. Because of what the Hmong believe about why illnesses happen, what do they question about doctors in Chapter Four?

5. In the fast-paced nature of America, speaking with the Hmong requires what?

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