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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As stated in Chapter 15, how did Lia surprise her doctors?
(a) By overcoming her seizures.
(b) By overcoming her seizures and living a normal life.
(c) By living in a vegetative state for two years.
(d) By dying so quickly.

2. Which hospital was Lia transferred to in Chapter 11?
(a) Valley Children's Hospital.
(b) General Hospital.
(c) Merced Children's Hospital.
(d) Lakeview Children's Hospital.

3. Where does the healing ceremony take place in Chapter 19?
(a) Fresno.
(b) The church.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The Lee home.

4. Why did most of the Hmong people come to America?
(a) Americanization.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Family.

5. If healthy communication existed from the beginning, what does the author say in Chapter 18 might have been very different?
(a) Lia's life.
(b) Valley Children's Hospital.
(c) Merced.
(d) MCMC.

6. What city housed the largest percentage of Hmong per area in California?
(a) Merced.
(b) Sacremento.
(c) Stockton.
(d) Fresno.

7. Who did the Lees believe caused Lia's illness?
(a) Americans.
(b) The clan.
(c) Witches.
(d) Shaman.

8. What celebration occurred during Lia's time at MCMC in Chapter 13?
(a) The Hmong New Year.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

9. As described in Chapter 19, what is one kind of tool used by a txiv neeb?
(a) A vaccine.
(b) An offering plate.
(c) A saber.
(d) A cross.

10. What kind of doctor might have made the Lees more comfortable?
(a) A shaman.
(b) A female doctor.
(c) Two male doctors.
(d) A Hmong doctor.

11. What happened on that day that Lia's doctors said they dreaded in Chapter 11?
(a) Lia suffered her last seizure, leading to her death.
(b) Lia was given back to her parents.
(c) Lia's family was sent back to Laos.
(d) Lia's family refused to bring her to the hospital.

12. What happened to the son who had leukemia?
(a) He was institutionalized.
(b) He survived.
(c) He died.
(d) He lived in a vegetative state.

13. What did Chapter 11 say was the day Lia's doctor's dreaded?
(a) November 25, 1986.
(b) November 25, 1988.
(c) December 25, 1988.
(d) December 25, 1986.

14. What does the author say any person, when working with someone from another ethnic background, should have the responsibility of doing?
(a) Hiring at least three translators.
(b) Reading as much as possible about the culture.
(c) Ensuring respect and proper communication.
(d) Finding a person better suited to deal with them.

15. Who died while the Lee's were in the refugee camp?
(a) The infant Foua was breastfeeding.
(b) Nao.
(c) Lia.
(d) Foua.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened during the Lee's first attempt to leave Laos?

2. What was lacking in the refugee camp?

3. How did Neil and Peggy feel about Lia's care by her parents after she was discharged from the hospital?

4. How many other refugees did the Lee family leave Laos with in their second attempt?

5. How much did the pig cost that mentioned in Chapter 19?

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