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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Lia's older sibling slammed the door as mentioned in Chapter Three?
(a) Lia woke up and never slept well afterwards.
(b) Lia had her first seizure.
(c) Lia slept through it, as if she didn't hear a thing.
(d) Lia began crying erratically.

2. What happened to the seizures as Lia got older?
(a) They decreased in severity.
(b) They got less frequent.
(c) They increased in severity.
(d) They involved throwing up.

3. What do American doctors do that in the Hmong's opinion, threaten their lives and their soul?
(a) Take down personal information.
(b) Make them wait.
(c) Ask rude questions.
(d) Ask their patients to undress, touch them and perform procedures.

4. What was the prescription mentioned in Chapter Five that Lia took most often?
(a) Ceph.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Dilantin.
(d) Cough syrup.

5. When does the Hmong culture utilize a txiv neeb?
(a) In the event of illness.
(b) If a hospital is needed.
(c) On Sundays.
(d) If the illness happens at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the culture and fate of the Hmong people is seeped in?

2. In Chapter Four, what did the Hmong people back at the camp ask the woman about American doctors?

3. Do the Hmong people ever seek the advice of American doctors?

4. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?

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

(see the answer key)

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