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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 sacrificed a cow.
(b) They had a celebratory lunch.
(c) They prayed.
(d) They went on with life as normal.

2. In Chapter Four, what did the Hmong people back at the camp ask the woman about American doctors?
(a) What the hospital beds were like.
(b) About the accessibility and use of a traditional txiv neeb.
(c) Whether shots hurt.
(d) If there were any woman doctors.

3. What do American doctors do that in the Hmong's opinion, threaten their lives and their soul?
(a) Ask rude questions.
(b) Make them wait.
(c) Ask their patients to undress, touch them and perform procedures.
(d) Take down personal information.

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

5. How does a txiv neeb reach a diagnosis?
(a) A txiv neeb senses things in the spiritual world.
(b) He or she asks their colleagues.
(c) They ask the village for their feelings.
(d) He or she asks pointed questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did most of the Hmong people come to America?

2. Who did the Lee's invite to their home after Lia returned in Chapter Nine?

3. Why did the Hmong people have these feelings about American doctors at that time?

4. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?

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

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