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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does Foua Lee have before the childbirth we read about in Chapter One?
(a) None.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

2. What does the author say the culture and fate of the Hmong people is seeped in?
(a) The war.
(b) Religon.
(c) Myths.
(d) Years of tradition.

3. What happened to six of the Lee children before the family immigrated to America?
(a) They were lost.
(b) They were kidnapped.
(c) They moved to Thailand.
(d) They died.

4. Who called the Hmong Miao or Meo?
(a) People in Vietnam.
(b) Chinese.
(c) People in Laos.
(d) Americans.

5. What do the interviews described in the preface offer a glimpse into?
(a) How the government deals with refugees.
(b) The struggles of a writer.
(c) A glimpse into the Hmong culture.
(d) How a writer interviews difficult subjects.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author work through the barrier in interviewing the family?

2. Why did the Lee's flee their homeland?

3. When did the Lee's flee their homeland?

4. Where were the Hmong considered outsiders?

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

(see the answer key)

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