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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After how many more years did the Lee's consider leaving again?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

2. What do Hmong people grow and harvest?
(a) Broccoli.
(b) Corn.
(c) Edamame.
(d) Opium.

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

4. What happened on that day that Lia's doctors said they dreaded in Chapter 11?
(a) Lia was given back to her parents.
(b) Lia's family refused to bring her to the hospital.
(c) Lia's family was sent back to Laos.
(d) Lia suffered her last seizure, leading to her death.

5. What kind of life were the Hmong people accustomed to before coming to America?
(a) A life in the city.
(b) A mountain life.
(c) Life in China.
(d) Life in a refuge camp.

6. In Chapter 17, whose son is diagnosed with leukemia?
(a) Foua's.
(b) Dang Moua's.
(c) Jeanine's.
(d) Neil and Peggy's.

7. What was Lia's condition in Chapter 13 when she returned to MCMC?
(a) She was in a coma.
(b) Her breathing was poor and she was in pain.
(c) She was throwing up constantly.
(d) She was normal.

8. When did the Lee family arrive in America?
(a) November 18, 1988.
(b) October 18, 1980.
(c) October 18, 1988.
(d) November 18, 1980.

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

10. Why did Lia's family think she was transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11?
(a) It had a children's ICU that MCMC lacked.
(b) Jeanine was going on vacation.
(c) Because they requested it.
(d) Because Neil was going on vacation.

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

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

13. How are the inhabitants of Laos characterized?
(a) By the altitude at which they live.
(b) By how they talk.
(c) By what they eat.
(d) By what kind of house they have.

14. When did Merced's Health department complete training in advocacy and cultural skills?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2006.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1996.

15. If healthy communication existed from the beginning, what does the author say in Chapter 18 might have been very different?
(a) Valley Children's Hospital.
(b) Merced.
(c) MCMC.
(d) Lia's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Lia transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11?

2. What happened to Lia's condition after she was sent home under her parent's care?

3. As described in Chapter 19, what is one kind of tool used by a txiv neeb?

4. What did Chapter 10 say about the connection to the past life the Hmong were accustomed to?

5. Why did Foua rely on her children to shop at the market?

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