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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Lee's flee their homeland?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1975.

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

3. What prompted the author to go and meet the Lee family?
(a) Rumors of a cultural collision.
(b) A story of a sick girl.
(c) A doctor's malpratice.
(d) A strange medical collision.

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

5. Because of what the Hmong believe about why illnesses happen, what do they question about doctors in Chapter Four?
(a) Why doctors must treat you at a hospital.
(b) They don't understand what pills are.
(c) Why there are no shamans available.
(d) Why doctors take blood and perform surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Hmong people have these feelings about American doctors at that time?

2. What happened when Lia's older sibling slammed the door as mentioned in Chapter Three?

3. What color was the chair the author sat in for her interviews with the Lee family?

4. When does the Hmong culture utilize a txiv neeb?

5. In the Hmong tradition, what is considered an illness of honor?

(see the answer key)

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