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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. As mentioned in Chapter Six, what would have been a more agreeable plan to the Hmong in terms of treating illness?
(a) Therapy.
(b) Surgery.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Sleep.

5. Where was Lia born?
(a) Laos.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) America.

6. As described in Chapter Six, what does Hmong culture place emphasis on in terms of rank?
(a) The size of your house.
(b) Gender and age.
(c) Money.
(d) Just gender.

7. What is the juxtaposition in beliefs is there in regards to touch between American doctors and a txiv neeb?
(a) There is no touch in either pratice of doctors or txiv neebs.
(b) The Hmong people wish that txiv neebs would rely on touch.
(c) A txiv neeb does not touch his patients, where as doctors rely on a great amount of touch in their practice.
(d) Txiv neeb rely on touch in their practice.

8. Where in California did the author travel to meet with the Lee family?
(a) Merced.
(b) San Jose.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Diego.

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

10. Who oversaw Lia's care at Merced?
(a) Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp.
(b) The Lees.
(c) Anne Fadiman.
(d) Jeanine Hilt.

11. What would happen to Lia's breathing when she had seizures?
(a) She would wheeze.
(b) She would stop breathing.
(c) It became labored.
(d) Her breathing did not change.

12. What problem occurred when the Lee's first went to Merced Community Medical Center with Lia?
(a) Lia would not stop crying.
(b) They was a language barrier.
(c) They had no money.
(d) They ran out of gas.

13. What does Lia's family believe happened during the door slamming mentioned in Chapter Three?
(a) Lia's soul awoke.
(b) It made her deaf.
(c) It disrupted Lia's ears.
(d) Lia's soul flew away because it was so frightening.

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

15. When did the Lee family arrive in America?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1983.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of welcome did Anne receive from the clan letters?

3. Where are the Hmong thought to have arisen?

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

5. At the end of Chapter Three, Lia had a diagnosis of what?

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