The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down | Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Preface

1. How does the author come to know the Lee family?

2. How did the author overcome barriers to interviewing the Lee family?

3. Describe what the author says in the preface about the insights the taped recordings of interviews offered.

4. What is special about the red chair where Anne sat to do her interviews?

Short Essay Question - Chapter 1

5. In Hmong tradition, how does childbirth differ from here in America?

6. What powers does the Hmong culture believe that a "txiv neeb"...
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