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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the juxtaposition in beliefs is there in regards to touch between American doctors and a txiv neeb?
(a) Txiv neeb rely on touch in their practice.
(b) There is no touch in either pratice of doctors or txiv neebs.
(c) The Hmong people wish that txiv neebs would rely on touch.
(d) A txiv neeb does not touch his patients, where as doctors rely on a great amount of touch in their practice.

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

3. What did the Lee's think of western medicine in Chapter Three?
(a) They were skeptical, but thought they would give it a try.
(b) They were in awe of it.
(c) They were scared of it.
(d) They had no opinion.

4. How does the author keep records of her interviews for the book?
(a) She records them with a video camera.
(b) She take notes.
(c) They are tape recorded.
(d) She memorizes the notes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of medicine do the Hmong allow themselves to rely on?

2. What prompted the author to go and meet the Lee family?

3. When did the Lee family arrive in America?

4. In western medicine, what is "quag dab peg"?

5. How old was Lia when the significant door slamming mentioned in Chapter Three happened?

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