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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) What the hospital beds were like.
(c) Whether shots hurt.
(d) If there were any woman doctors.

3. Who called the Hmong Miao or Meo?
(a) People in Laos.
(b) Americans.
(c) People in Vietnam.
(d) Chinese.

4. What does Chapter Six say can present as chronic pain in a patient?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Victims of trauma from other nations, emotional pain, fatigue, and disorientation.
(c) The flu.
(d) Pneumonia.

5. Why did the Hmong people have these feelings about American doctors at that time?
(a) A Hmong woman came back to a camp with not favorable things to say.
(b) They had heard stories written in a book.
(c) They did not think the doctors believed in the same things they did.
(d) They did not believe in anything but shaman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the Hmong culture has the highest rank?

2. Because of what the Hmong believe about why illnesses happen, what do they question about doctors in Chapter Four?

3. How many seizures did Lia have over a few months time in Chapter Three?

4. What is the Hmong tradition for delivery of babies?

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

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