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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lia's family believe happened during the door slamming mentioned in Chapter Three?
(a) Lia's soul awoke.
(b) It made her deaf.
(c) It disrupted Lia's ears.
(d) Lia's soul flew away because it was so frightening.

2. Why did the Hmong rebel as described in Chapter Two?
(a) Because of the intrusion of the Chinese.
(b) Because they did not agree with their morals.
(c) Because they needed food.
(d) Because of the prestige given to them.

3. Where was Lia born?
(a) Thailand.
(b) America.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Laos.

4. What does the author say the culture and fate of the Hmong people is seeped in?
(a) Years of tradition.
(b) Religon.
(c) The war.
(d) Myths.

5. Who did Lia's family believe captured her spirit in Chapter Three?
(a) Ancestors.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Her siblings.
(d) A dark, evil spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lia do when she seemed to know a seizure was coming?

2. What is the Hmong tradition for delivery of babies?

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

4. How many times was Lia admitted to Merced between the ages of eight months and four and a half years?

5. What kind of medicine do the Hmong allow themselves to rely on?

(see the answer key)

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