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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. What celebration occurred during Lia's time at MCMC in Chapter 13?
(a) The Hmong New Year.
(b) Easter.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Christmas.

9. When Lia returned to MCMC, who was taking care of her?
(a) Jeanine.
(b) Neil.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Peggy.

10. What did tests conclude in Chapter 11 about Lia's anticonvulsant medication?
(a) She had not been taking it.
(b) She was taking it, so her parents previous issues were not a problem.
(c) Her parents were giving it to her incorrectly.
(d) It was not working.

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

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

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

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

15. Who was Dang Moua?
(a) A local grocer.
(b) A Hmong preacher.
(c) A shaman.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chapter 19 open?

2. In 1993, what happened to Jeanine Hilt?

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

4. What kind of doctor might have made the Lees more comfortable?

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

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