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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did some of the Hmong go after they were divided?
(a) China.
(b) Laos.
(c) IndoChina.
(d) America.

2. Who died while the Lee's were in the refugee camp?
(a) Nao.
(b) Lia.
(c) Foua.
(d) The infant Foua was breastfeeding.

3. What happened when Lia's older sibling slammed the door as mentioned in Chapter Three?
(a) Lia began crying erratically.
(b) Lia slept through it, as if she didn't hear a thing.
(c) Lia woke up and never slept well afterwards.
(d) Lia had her first seizure.

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

5. What did the Lee's do in honor of Lia returning home in Chapter Nine?
(a) They prayed.
(b) They went on with life as normal.
(c) They had a celebratory lunch.
(d) They sacrificed a cow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the only instrument the Lee family treasured?

3. What do American doctors do that in the Hmong's opinion, threaten their lives and their soul?

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

5. Where are the Hmong thought to have arisen?

(see the answer key)

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