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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the best translator that Anne worked with?
(a) 40.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 60.

2. Where did some of the Hmong go after they were divided?
(a) Laos.
(b) China.
(c) America.
(d) IndoChina.

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

4. Who warned Anne Fadiman about pursuing a story about Lia?
(a) The doctors.
(b) Her colleagues.
(c) The Kordas.
(d) Lia's clan.

5. What was Anne instructed on before her visits with Lia's family?
(a) How to talk to the leaders of the clan.
(b) The proper etiquette of Hmong conversation.
(c) How to talk to Hmong children.
(d) The proper way to speak about the doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lia's family think she was transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter Six, what continues to trickle back to the refugee camps?

3. What do American doctors do that in the Hmong's opinion, threaten their lives and their soul?

4. At the time of this book, what did American colleges fail to teach students?

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

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