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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is the txiv neeb paid in Chapter 19?
(a) Nothing.
(b) $250.00.
(c) He gets to eat with the family every night for the next week.
(d) $150.00.

2. How many different clans existed in Merced?
(a) 14.
(b) 4.
(c) 24.
(d) 10.

3. What happened to the son who had leukemia?
(a) He died.
(b) He lived in a vegetative state.
(c) He survived.
(d) He was institutionalized.

4. What is a nyias?
(a) Hmong food.
(b) An ornamental Hmong wrap.
(c) A coffin.
(d) Healing Hmong herbs.

5. Who did the Lees believe caused Lia's illness?
(a) Shaman.
(b) Americans.
(c) Witches.
(d) The clan.

6. How did Foua carry Lia on her back in Chapter 15?
(a) In a baby bjorn.
(b) With no help, just on her back.
(c) With help of others.
(d) In a ornmental Hmong wrap.

7. Which hospital was Lia transferred to in Chapter 11?
(a) General Hospital.
(b) Merced Children's Hospital.
(c) Valley Children's Hospital.
(d) Lakeview Children's Hospital.

8. In Chapter 17, what kind of damage did Lia have to her brain?
(a) Temporary.
(b) Severe.
(c) Moderate.
(d) Permenant.

9. What was Lia's condition when Anne first met the Lee family?
(a) She was in a vegetative state.
(b) She was mostly healthy, but having seizures.
(c) She was healthy.
(d) She had died.

10. What does the author say any person, when working with someone from another ethnic background, should have the responsibility of doing?
(a) Hiring at least three translators.
(b) Finding a person better suited to deal with them.
(c) Reading as much as possible about the culture.
(d) Ensuring respect and proper communication.

11. What could the doctors have done that would have shown respect for the Lees' religious beliefs?
(a) Limited shaman interaction.
(b) Limited blood draws.
(c) Limited female doctor interaction.
(d) Transfering to Valley Children's.

12. What does Chapter 13 say never occurs to Nao and Foua about their children in America?
(a) That language would be an issue.
(b) That they would get sick.
(c) That they would be in danger.
(d) They they would have to be treated at American hospitals.

13. The area in Merced occupied by the Hmong was once known as what?
(a) Chinatown.
(b) Where the Latino residents live.
(c) Old Town.
(d) New Town.

14. How does Chapter 19 open?
(a) With Neil receiving an award.
(b) With the family preparing for a traditional shaman healing ceremony.
(c) With Lia's 19th birthday celebration.
(d) With Lia's death.

15. As stated in Chapter 15, how did Lia surprise her doctors?
(a) By dying so quickly.
(b) By overcoming her seizures and living a normal life.
(c) By overcoming her seizures.
(d) By living in a vegetative state for two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the point of the txiv neeb ceremony described in Chapter 19?

2. What celebration occurred during Lia's time at MCMC in Chapter 13?

3. If healthy communication existed from the beginning, what does the author say in Chapter 18 might have been very different?

4. Who was hit hard with what happened to Jeanine?

5. What kind of life did Foua and Nao expect in America?

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