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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 arrive in America?
(a) October 18, 1980.
(b) November 18, 1980.
(c) October 18, 1988.
(d) November 18, 1988.

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

3. What happened during the Lee's first attempt to leave Laos?
(a) They were captured by Chinese soldiers.
(b) They got sick and couldn't make the journey.
(c) They were forced out of their camp.
(d) They were captured by Vietnamese soldiers.

4. What helped communication between Foua and Lia's doctors?
(a) Western medicine.
(b) Love and understanding.
(c) Shaman.
(d) Translators.

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

6. What did Chapter 11 say was the day Lia's doctor's dreaded?
(a) December 25, 1986.
(b) December 25, 1988.
(c) November 25, 1986.
(d) November 25, 1988.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. How did Neil and Peggy feel about Lia's care by her parents after she was discharged from the hospital?
(a) They were sad.
(b) They were impressed.
(c) They didn't care.
(d) They were angry.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Foua carry Lia on her back in Chapter 15?

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

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

5. What did the crop mentioned in Chapter 10 require?

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