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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In the fast-paced nature of America, speaking with the Hmong requires what?
(a) Paper and pencil.
(b) Tape recorders.
(c) Interpreters.
(d) Patience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Lia born?

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

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

4. Who called the Hmong Miao or Meo?

5. When did the author first meet the Lee family?

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