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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of connotation comes with the Miao or Meo name?
(a) Honor.
(b) Prestige.
(c) Something not favorable.
(d) Guilt.

2. What does Chapter 13 say never occurs to Nao and Foua about their children in America?
(a) That language would be an issue.
(b) They they would have to be treated at American hospitals.
(c) That they would get sick.
(d) That they would be in danger.

3. What was the only instrument the Lee family treasured?
(a) A bamboo instrument.
(b) A clarinet.
(c) A violin.
(d) A flute.

4. After how many more years did the Lee's consider leaving again?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

5. Why was giving Lia her medications difficult for the Lee family?
(a) They lost it.
(b) They didn't trust the medicine.
(c) They couldn't afford it.
(d) They were unable to read English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Lee's homeland?

2. Where in California did the author travel to meet with the Lee family?

3. Translated, what does "qaug dab peg" mean?

4. How are the inhabitants of Laos characterized?

5. What do the interviews described in the preface offer a glimpse into?

(see the answer key)

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