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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of doctor might have made the Lees more comfortable?
(a) A shaman.
(b) A female doctor.
(c) A Hmong doctor.
(d) Two male doctors.

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

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

4. What kind of life did Foua and Nao expect in America?
(a) A better one.
(b) The same.
(c) A worse one.
(d) They had no expectations.

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

6. What did the crop mentioned in Chapter 10 require?
(a) Hot temperatures.
(b) Humid climate.
(c) Moist soil.
(d) Cool temperatures and mountain soil.

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

8. How long did the Lees live in Portland?
(a) Seventeen years.
(b) One month.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

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

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

11. 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.

12. How much did the pig cost that mentioned in Chapter 19?
(a) $50.00.
(b) $250.00.
(c) Nothing.
(d) $150.00.

13. Why did Foua rely on her children to shop at the market?
(a) She was intimidated.
(b) Because she never learned English.
(c) Because she was afraid of Americans.
(d) She was allergic to the food.

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

15. What was different about Laos than all of its neighbors, as mentioned in Chapter 10?
(a) It was smaller.
(b) Its people spoke multiple languages.
(c) Its people all spoke the same language.
(d) It was the largest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what kind of damage did Lia have to her brain?

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

3. What is a nyias?

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

5. What happened to the son who had leukemia?

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