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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Lee family first attempt to leave Laos?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1988.

2. 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.

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

4. What city housed the largest percentage of Hmong per area in California?
(a) Sacremento.
(b) Merced.
(c) Stockton.
(d) Fresno.

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

6. As described in Chapter 19, what is one kind of tool used by a txiv neeb?
(a) A cross.
(b) A vaccine.
(c) An offering plate.
(d) A saber.

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

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

9. In 1993, what happened to Jeanine Hilt?
(a) She suffered a severe asthma attack and lost brain function.
(b) She died of unknown causes.
(c) She was promoted.
(d) She suffered a heart attack.

10. What was lacking in the refugee camp?
(a) Water.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Shelter.
(d) Food.

11. When they arrived in America, who did the Lee's seek help from?
(a) Their family in California.
(b) Their family in Wisconsin.
(c) Their family in Hawaii.
(d) Their family in Oregon.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What helped communication between Foua and Lia's doctors?

2. What does the author say any person, when working with someone from another ethnic background, should have the responsibility of doing?

3. The area in Merced occupied by the Hmong was once known as what?

4. What happened during the Lee's first attempt to leave Laos?

5. What kind of life were the Hmong people accustomed to before coming to America?

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