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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What does Chapter 13 say never occurs to Nao and Foua about their children in America?
(a) They they would have to be treated at American hospitals.
(b) That language would be an issue.
(c) That they would get sick.
(d) That they would be in danger.

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

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

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

7. Why did most of the Hmong people come to America?
(a) Americanization.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Family.
(d) Hunger.

8. The area in Merced occupied by the Hmong was once known as what?
(a) New Town.
(b) Chinatown.
(c) Where the Latino residents live.
(d) Old Town.

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

10. Why did Lia's family think she was transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11?
(a) Because they requested it.
(b) It had a children's ICU that MCMC lacked.
(c) Jeanine was going on vacation.
(d) Because Neil was going on vacation.

11. What did Chapter 10 say about the connection to the past life the Hmong were accustomed to?
(a) Their connection could be seen their walk.
(b) Their connection could be seen in their diet.
(c) Their connection could be seen in what they ate.
(d) Their connection could be heard in their dialect.

12. How much is the txiv neeb paid in Chapter 19?
(a) He gets to eat with the family every night for the next week.
(b) $250.00.
(c) Nothing.
(d) $150.00.

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

14. 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 Oregon.
(d) Their family in Hawaii.

15. What do Hmong people grow and harvest?
(a) Opium.
(b) Corn.
(c) Edamame.
(d) Broccoli.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Merced, CA, how many residents are Hmong?

2. When Lia returned to MCMC, who was taking care of her?

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

4. Who died while the Lee's were in the refugee camp?

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

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