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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a "txiv neeb" in the Hmong tribe?
(a) A shaman.
(b) A midwife.
(c) An angel.
(d) A doctor.

2. When did the author first meet the Lee family?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1976.

3. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?
(a) Because of physical reasons.
(b) Because you have done something wrong.
(c) They arise from the spiritual realm.
(d) They are hand picked people by the shaman to get sick.

4. What kind of connotation comes with the Miao or Meo name?
(a) Honor.
(b) Something not favorable.
(c) Prestige.
(d) Guilt.

5. What is the Hmong tradition for delivery of babies?
(a) Babies are delivered in a hospital.
(b) Babies are delivered in tents.
(c) Babies are delivered in their home.
(d) A midwife delivers babies at the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Physicians did not recognize what in the Hmong culture?

2. In Chapter Four, what did the Hmong people back at the camp ask the woman about American doctors?

3. What is the second set of interviews the author conducts?

4. How does a txiv neeb reach a diagnosis?

5. What did doctors fear would happen if they could not get Lia's seizures under control?

(see the answer key)

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