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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a txiv neeb reach a diagnosis?
(a) They ask the village for their feelings.
(b) He or she asks pointed questions.
(c) He or she asks their colleagues.
(d) A txiv neeb senses things in the spiritual world.

2. In Chapter Four, what did the Hmong people back at the camp ask the woman about American doctors?
(a) Whether shots hurt.
(b) If there were any woman doctors.
(c) What the hospital beds were like.
(d) About the accessibility and use of a traditional txiv neeb.

3. 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 if doctors ate the body parts after surgery.
(d) They asked why doctors had to wash up before surgery.

4. After the door slammed in Chapter Three, the Lees' concern for the daughter was also mixed with what?
(a) Pride that she could be a txiv neeb.
(b) Anger that she could be a txiv neeb.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Sadness.

5. Where were the Hmong considered outsiders?
(a) China.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Eurasia.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Hmong rebel as described in Chapter Two?

2. Translated, what does "qaug dab peg" mean?

3. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?

4. Where are the Hmong thought to have arisen?

5. What did Hmong people generally think of American physicians in the 1980s?

(see the answer key)

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