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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of this book, what did American colleges fail to teach students?
(a) The Hmong language.
(b) Cross cultural communication.
(c) World history.
(d) Hmong history.

2. Who is with Foua Lee when she goes through childbirth?
(a) She is surrounded by her other sleeping children.
(b) Her husband.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A midwife.

3. As mentioned in Chapter Nine, an ordinance was created banning what?
(a) Shaman.
(b) Sacrifices of animals.
(c) Medicine labels written only in English.
(d) Public meetings of the Hmong clans.

4. What did tests conclude in Chapter 11 about Lia's anticonvulsant medication?
(a) Her parents were giving it to her incorrectly.
(b) It was not working.
(c) She was taking it, so her parents previous issues were not a problem.
(d) She had not been taking it.

5. Physicians did not recognize what in the Hmong culture?
(a) Their language.
(b) Their beliefs.
(c) Their medical practices.
(d) Their age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the father of the translator Anne liked best?

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

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

4. What relationship does the author describe in the preface?

5. What is a "txiv neeb" in the Hmong tribe?

(see the answer key)

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