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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 dying so quickly.
(d) By living in a vegetative state for two years.

2. How many other refugees did the Lee family leave Laos with in their second attempt?
(a) 400.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 4.
(d) 40.

3. What was different about Laos than all of its neighbors, as mentioned in Chapter 10?
(a) It was the largest.
(b) It was smaller.
(c) Its people spoke multiple languages.
(d) Its people all spoke the same language.

4. What kind of life were the Hmong people accustomed to before coming to America?
(a) Life in a refuge camp.
(b) Life in China.
(c) A life in the city.
(d) A mountain life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Foua rely on her children to shop at the market?

2. Who died while the Lee's were in the refugee camp?

3. What did Chapter 11 say was the day Lia's doctor's dreaded?

4. In Chapter 17, what kind of damage did Lia have to her brain?

5. What did tests conclude in Chapter 11 about Lia's anticonvulsant medication?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the point of the txiv neeb healing ceremony in Chapter 19.

2. After arriving in America, what were considered new concepts to Hmong people like the Lees?

3. Explain the misunderstanding about why Lia's parents thought she was being transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11.

4. What parts of their old life in Laos did Hmong people keep alive in their American homes?

5. What ended the Hmong's peaceful life in the mountains?

6. Who did Lia compare to her younger siblings?

7. How is the importance of culture to healing being recognized on a wider basis?

8. What is Merced, CA like in terms of its Hmong population?

9. Describe the care of Lia by her parents in Chapter 15.

10. Explain Lia's condition after she is released from the hospital under the care of her parents?

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