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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 why one person would cut into another for the fun of it.
(c) They asked if doctors ate the body parts after surgery.
(d) They asked if doctors used magic to perform surgery.

2. How many times was Lia admitted to Merced between the ages of eight months and four and a half years?
(a) Once.
(b) 7 times.
(c) 70 times.
(d) 17 times.

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

4. How did the Hmong view the Chinese?
(a) As meddling people.
(b) As kindred spirits.
(c) As ghosts.
(d) As fierce enemies.

5. In western medicine, what is "quag dab peg"?
(a) A family.
(b) A cold.
(c) A curse.
(d) Epilepsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "txiv neeb" in the Hmong tribe?

2. What did the medical chart at Merced say about Lia and her mother?

3. Why was giving Lia her medications difficult for the Lee family?

4. When asking someone who is Hmong a question, what will likely be part of their answer?

5. What is the juxtaposition in beliefs is there in regards to touch between American doctors and a txiv neeb?

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