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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say people warned her about when pursuing Lia's story?

2. What kind of connotation comes with the Miao or Meo name?

3. How does the author work through the barrier in interviewing the family?

4. Who filed a report about Lia to Child Protective Services?

5. Who oversaw Lia's care at Merced?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Lees have to leave their homeland of Laos?

2. Give an example of how the Hmong are clearly tied to their past.

3. Who do the Lees blame for Lia's mental regression in Chapter Nine?

4. What is the meaning of qaug dab peg and why is it important to the story?

5. Describe Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp.

6. What things did the Hmong people hear about American doctors that made them distrust them?

7. Explain what the author says is needed in order for an American, used to our fast-paced culture, to talk to a person who is Hmong.

8. Where were the Hmong in the 1980s getting most of their information about American doctors?

9. What was Lia's interaction like with her parents?

10. What is one major difference between American doctors and a txiv neeb?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What importance does the history of the Hmong people, specifically the fact that doctors are not used in the culture and that the Lee family is forced to leave Laos, have to this story?

Essay Topic 2

How is the Lee's love for Lia evident in their reaction to Lia's mental regression? What steps do they take to try and heal her?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the misunderstandings and problems that occur for the Lee's when they first take Lia to Merced hospital.

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