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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the Hmong tradition, what is considered an illness of honor?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) The flu.
(c) Measles.
(d) Epilepsy.

4. Why did the Hmong people have these feelings about American doctors at that time?
(a) They had heard stories written in a book.
(b) They did not think the doctors believed in the same things they did.
(c) A Hmong woman came back to a camp with not favorable things to say.
(d) They did not believe in anything but shaman.

5. What is the difference between Hmong culture and American in terms of high contact?
(a) There is not difference, it is viewed the same in both countries.
(b) It is viewed as intrusive in American culture.
(c) It is viewed as respectful in the Hmong culture.
(d) It is viewed as intrusive in the Hmong culture.

6. How many times was Lia admitted to Merced between the ages of eight months and four and a half years?
(a) 17 times.
(b) 7 times.
(c) 70 times.
(d) Once.

7. At the end of Chapter Three, Lia had a diagnosis of what?
(a) Developmental delays.
(b) Sinus infection.
(c) Flu.
(d) Epilepsy.

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

9. Translated, what does "qaug dab peg" mean?
(a) The spirit catches you and you fall down.
(b) The lost soul.
(c) One with many siblings.
(d) One who is sick with seizures.

10. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Greg Mortenson.
(b) Anne Fadiman.
(c) Mai Neng Moua.
(d) Jodi Picoult.

11. Who filed a report about Lia to Child Protective Services?
(a) Neil.
(b) Jeanine.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Foua.

12. What kind of care did they provide to their patients?
(a) Lackluster.
(b) High quality.
(c) Poor quality.
(d) Inattentive.

13. What happened to six of the Lee children before the family immigrated to America?
(a) They were lost.
(b) They moved to Thailand.
(c) They were kidnapped.
(d) They died.

14. Who was not present when Lia was removed from the home?
(a) Her oldest sibling.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her youngest sibling.
(d) Her father.

15. What was the prescription mentioned in Chapter Five that Lia took most often?
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Cough syrup.
(c) Ceph.
(d) Dilantin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Neill and Peggy become doctors?

2. What did Lia's family realize in Chapter Nine about her after she returned?

3. Why was it nearly impossible for the doctors to satisfy the Hmong?

4. Where was Lia born?

5. Where are the Hmong thought to have arisen?

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