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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Do the Hmong people ever seek the advice of American doctors?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Only in emergencies.
(c) No, never.
(d) Yes.

2. What was the prescription mentioned in Chapter Five that Lia took most often?
(a) Dilantin.
(b) Ceph.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Cough syrup.

3. Translated, what does "qaug dab peg" mean?
(a) The lost soul.
(b) The spirit catches you and you fall down.
(c) One with many siblings.
(d) One who is sick with seizures.

4. When asking someone who is Hmong a question, what will likely be part of their answer?
(a) Something about their ancestors.
(b) Something about their shaman.
(c) Something about their traditional name.
(d) Something about their age.

5. What happened to the seizures as Lia got older?
(a) They decreased in severity.
(b) They involved throwing up.
(c) They increased in severity.
(d) They got less frequent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Foua Lee?

4. Why does that particular type of medicine seem OK to the Hmong?

5. What is the Hmong tradition for delivery of babies?

(see the answer key)

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