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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Neill and Peggy become doctors?
(a) Because they truly wanted to help other people.
(b) For the money.
(c) To heal people, whether it be animals or humans.
(d) For the prestige.

2. What was the father of the translator Anne liked best?
(a) A refuge center worker.
(b) A clan leader.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A txiv neeb and a former soldier.

3. What was the only instrument the Lee family treasured?
(a) A bamboo instrument.
(b) A violin.
(c) A clarinet.
(d) A flute.

4. What was Anne instructed on before her visits with Lia's family?
(a) How to talk to Hmong children.
(b) The proper etiquette of Hmong conversation.
(c) The proper way to speak about the doctors.
(d) How to talk to the leaders of the clan.

5. Do the Hmong people ever seek the advice of American doctors?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Only in emergencies.
(c) Yes.
(d) No, never.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lia do when she seemed to know a seizure was coming?

2. Where are the Hmong thought to have arisen?

3. What happened to the seizures as Lia got older?

4. What did the physicians in the refugee camps in Chapter Six think of the how the Hmong people perceived them?

5. What prompted the author to go and meet the Lee family?

(see the answer key)

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