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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Because of what the Hmong believe about why illnesses happen, what do they question about doctors in Chapter Four?
(a) Why there are no shamans available.
(b) Why doctors take blood and perform surgery.
(c) Why doctors must treat you at a hospital.
(d) They don't understand what pills are.

3. Where are the Hmong thought to have arisen?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Europe.
(c) Laos.
(d) Eurasia.

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

5. Why did the Hmong rebel as described in Chapter Two?
(a) Because of the intrusion of the Chinese.
(b) Because of the prestige given to them.
(c) Because they did not agree with their morals.
(d) Because they needed food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the prescription mentioned in Chapter Five that Lia took most often?

2. Who called the Hmong Miao or Meo?

3. When does the Hmong culture utilize a txiv neeb?

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

5. Who did Lia's family believe captured her spirit in Chapter Three?

(see the answer key)

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