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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Merced, CA, how many residents are Hmong?
(a) One out of every six residents is Hmong.
(b) 90 percent.
(c) One out of every five residents is Hmong.
(d) One out of every 12 residents is Hmong.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. How many days did Lia spend at Valley Children's Hospital?
(a) Five days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Eleven days.
(d) One day.

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

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

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

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

12. What is the point of the txiv neeb ceremony described in Chapter 19?
(a) To honor Neil and Peggy.
(b) To get make sure none of the other Lees get sick.
(c) To get Lia's soul to come back.
(d) To honor Lia.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many other refugees did the Lee family leave Laos with in their second attempt?

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

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

5. After how many more years did the Lee's consider leaving again?

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