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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Hmong people generally think of American physicians in the 1980s?
(a) They distrusted them.
(b) They were in awe of them.
(c) They thought they were evil.
(d) They thought they were dumb.

3. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?
(a) Because of physical reasons.
(b) They arise from the spiritual realm.
(c) They are hand picked people by the shaman to get sick.
(d) Because you have done something wrong.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Lee family arrive in America?

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

3. Do the Hmong people ever seek the advice of American doctors?

4. Who served as the Lee's advocate when no one else would?

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

(see the answer key)

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