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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did doctors fear would happen if they could not get Lia's seizures under control?
(a) She would die.
(b) She would lose her voice.
(c) She would regress mentally.
(d) She would never breathe properly.

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

3. What kind of welcome did Anne receive from the clan letters?
(a) They would not stop talking.
(b) A warm welcome.
(c) A cold welcome.
(d) They refused to talk to her.

4. Who is with Foua Lee when she goes through childbirth?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A midwife.
(c) She is surrounded by her other sleeping children.
(d) Her husband.

5. Who became a very good resource for Anne when she was talking to the Lee's?
(a) Sukey Waller, a psychologist who worked regularly with Hmong clients.
(b) The translators.
(c) Her colleagues.
(d) Foua Lee.

6. When asking someone who is Hmong a question, what will likely be part of their answer?
(a) Something about their traditional name.
(b) Something about their shaman.
(c) Something about their ancestors.
(d) Something about their age.

7. In Chapter Six, what continues to trickle back to the refugee camps?
(a) Money.
(b) Unfavorable reports of Americans.
(c) Guns.
(d) Illness.

8. What is the English translation of the Hmong phrase "to speak of all kinds of things" reference?
(a) The past and their ancestors.
(b) Traditions.
(c) Their age.
(d) Their shaman.

9. Where did some of the Hmong go after they were divided?
(a) China.
(b) Laos.
(c) America.
(d) IndoChina.

10. What were Anne's expectations about her visits with Lia's family?
(a) She expected them to go very well.
(b) She expected that Lia's father would slam the door in her face.
(c) She expected the visits to be awkward.
(d) She thought the doctors would be there.

11. Who is Foua Lee?
(a) Interpreter.
(b) Mother of Lia Lee.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Sister of Lia.

12. What did Hmong people generally think of American physicians in the 1980s?
(a) They were in awe of them.
(b) They distrusted them.
(c) They thought they were dumb.
(d) They thought they were evil.

13. What did the physicians in the refugee camps in Chapter Six think of the how the Hmong people perceived them?
(a) They liked it.
(b) They hated it.
(c) They didn't care.
(d) They had no idea.

14. Where was Foua when Lia was taken?
(a) Next door.
(b) Crying in the bedroom.
(c) Visiting relatives.
(d) In the house.

15. Why was the ordinance mentioned in Chapter Nine difficult to enforce?
(a) Because meetings could be held without much notice.
(b) Because shaman often disguised themselves.
(c) Because you can't make drug companies adhere to any laws.
(d) Because small animals could be sacrificed without notice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "txiv neeb" in the Hmong tribe?

2. What was another reason to file the child protective services report?

3. What do American doctors do that in the Hmong's opinion, threaten their lives and their soul?

4. Who introduced Anne to the leaders of the Hmong clans?

5. Who is the author of this book?

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