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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hmong people generally think of American physicians in the 1980s?
(a) They distrusted them.
(b) They thought they were evil.
(c) They thought they were dumb.
(d) They were in awe of them.

2. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?
(a) They arise from the spiritual realm.
(b) They are hand picked people by the shaman to get sick.
(c) Because you have done something wrong.
(d) Because of physical reasons.

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

4. What is the Lee's homeland?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Japan.
(d) Laos.

5. What do American doctors do that in the Hmong's opinion, threaten their lives and their soul?
(a) Make them wait.
(b) Take down personal information.
(c) Ask rude questions.
(d) Ask their patients to undress, touch them and perform procedures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the culture and fate of the Hmong people is seeped in?

2. What barrier does the author have in interviewing the family featured in the book?

3. Where in California did the author travel to meet with the Lee family?

4. Who called the Hmong Miao or Meo?

5. Where were the Hmong considered outsiders?

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