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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question did the Hmong people have about surgery in Chapter Four, one that sounds absurd to American people?
(a) They asked if doctors ate the body parts after surgery.
(b) They asked if doctors used magic to perform surgery.
(c) They asked why one person would cut into another for the fun of it.
(d) They asked why doctors had to wash up before surgery.

2. When did the Lee family arrive in America?
(a) October 18, 1988.
(b) November 18, 1980.
(c) October 18, 1980.
(d) November 18, 1988.

3. Why does that particular type of medicine seem OK to the Hmong?
(a) Because it requires no physical intervention.
(b) Because the American doctors say so.
(c) Because they think it is a gift from God.
(d) Because they are desperate.

4. Because of what the Hmong believe about why illnesses happen, what do they question about doctors in Chapter Four?
(a) Why doctors must treat you at a hospital.
(b) Why there are no shamans available.
(c) Why doctors take blood and perform surgery.
(d) They don't understand what pills are.

5. What do Americans think of the ritual used in the Lee's celebration?
(a) They like it.
(b) They are uncomfortable with it.
(c) They have no feelings about it.
(d) It makes them angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the juxtaposition in beliefs is there in regards to touch between American doctors and a txiv neeb?

2. What did the Lee's do in honor of Lia returning home in Chapter Nine?

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

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

5. In Chapter Nine, what did the Lees believe was the only thing that could help Lia with her condition?

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