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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the Hmong culture has the highest rank?
(a) Elderly males.
(b) Young women.
(c) Elderly women.
(d) Young men.

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

3. Who became a very good resource for Anne when she was talking to the Lee's?
(a) Foua Lee.
(b) Sukey Waller, a psychologist who worked regularly with Hmong clients.
(c) Her colleagues.
(d) The translators.

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

5. As described in Chapter Six, what does Hmong culture place emphasis on in terms of rank?
(a) The size of your house.
(b) Just gender.
(c) Gender and age.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the English translation of the Hmong phrase "to speak of all kinds of things" reference?

2. How did the Hmong view the Chinese?

3. How does a txiv neeb reach a diagnosis?

4. What did Chapter 11 say was the day Lia's doctor's dreaded?

5. How old was the best translator that Anne worked with?

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