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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Nine, what did the Lees believe was the only thing that could help Lia with her condition?
(a) Anne.
(b) Their love and traditional medicine.
(c) Neil.
(d) Peggy.

2. Who served as the Lee's advocate when no one else would?
(a) Jeanine.
(b) A shaman.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Anne.

3. What is the juxtaposition in beliefs is there in regards to touch between American doctors and a txiv neeb?
(a) There is no touch in either pratice of doctors or txiv neebs.
(b) Txiv neeb rely on touch in their practice.
(c) A txiv neeb does not touch his patients, where as doctors rely on a great amount of touch in their practice.
(d) The Hmong people wish that txiv neebs would rely on touch.

4. How did the Lee's feel when Lia was returned home from foster care?
(a) They were sad.
(b) They were elated.
(c) They were happy, but overcome with worry.
(d) They were angry.

5. What did Lia's family realize in Chapter Nine about her after she returned?
(a) She had regressed.
(b) She didn't miss them.
(c) They could do nothing to help her.
(d) That she was happy in her foster home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many surviving children did they have when they arrived in America?

2. Why was the ordinance mentioned in Chapter Nine difficult to enforce?

3. What was Lia doing when she hit her head severely in Chapter Nine?

4. In Chapter Nine, who did the Lees begin to blame for Lia's condition?

5. What did Hmong people generally think of American physicians in the 1980s?

(see the answer key)

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