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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the Hmong people have these feelings about American doctors at that time?
(a) They had heard stories written in a book.
(b) They did not think the doctors believed in the same things they did.
(c) A Hmong woman came back to a camp with not favorable things to say.
(d) They did not believe in anything but shaman.

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

4. 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) The Hmong people wish that txiv neebs would rely on touch.
(c) A txiv neeb does not touch his patients, where as doctors rely on a great amount of touch in their practice.
(d) Txiv neeb rely on touch in their practice.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?

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

(see the answer key)

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