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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Lee's do in honor of Lia returning home in Chapter Nine?
(a) They went on with life as normal.
(b) They prayed.
(c) They sacrificed a cow.
(d) They had a celebratory lunch.

2. When they arrived in America, who did the Lee's seek help from?
(a) Their family in California.
(b) Their family in Hawaii.
(c) Their family in Wisconsin.
(d) Their family in Oregon.

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

4. How many surviving children did they have when they arrived in America?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did the Hmong people have about surgery in Chapter Four, one that sounds absurd to American people?

2. Why does that particular type of medicine seem OK to the Hmong?

3. What kind of medicine do the Hmong allow themselves to rely on?

4. Because of what the Hmong believe about why illnesses happen, what do they question about doctors in Chapter Four?

5. What do Americans think of the ritual used in the Lee's celebration?

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