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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was giving Lia her medications difficult for the Lee family?
(a) They were unable to read English.
(b) They lost it.
(c) They couldn't afford it.
(d) They didn't trust the medicine.

2. When does the Hmong culture utilize a txiv neeb?
(a) In the event of illness.
(b) If a hospital is needed.
(c) If the illness happens at home.
(d) On Sundays.

3. What does Lia's family believe happened during the door slamming mentioned in Chapter Three?
(a) It disrupted Lia's ears.
(b) It made her deaf.
(c) Lia's soul awoke.
(d) Lia's soul flew away because it was so frightening.

4. What position do mother's use for childbirth?
(a) Laying down in a hospital bed.
(b) Squatting on the floor.
(c) Laying down in their own bed.
(d) They lay in the bathtub.

5. Who is with Foua Lee when she goes through childbirth?
(a) A midwife.
(b) She is surrounded by her other sleeping children.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many seizures did Lia have over a few months time in Chapter Three?

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

3. What did doctors fear would happen if they could not get Lia's seizures under control?

4. What did the Lee's think of western medicine in Chapter Three?

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

(see the answer key)

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