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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the seizures as Lia got older?
(a) They got less frequent.
(b) They decreased in severity.
(c) They involved throwing up.
(d) They increased in severity.

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

3. In Chapter Six, what continues to trickle back to the refugee camps?
(a) Illness.
(b) Guns.
(c) Money.
(d) Unfavorable reports of Americans.

4. As described in Chapter Six, what does Hmong culture place emphasis on in terms of rank?
(a) Gender and age.
(b) Money.
(c) The size of your house.
(d) Just gender.

5. In western medicine, what is "quag dab peg"?
(a) A curse.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) A family.
(d) A cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of this book?

2. Where did some of the Hmong go after they were divided?

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

4. Where were the Hmong considered outsiders?

5. What did the medical chart at Merced say about Lia and her mother?

(see the answer key)

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