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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Nao Kao think the social workers were?
(a) Nurses.
(b) Relatives.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Police.

2. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?
(a) They arise from the spiritual realm.
(b) Because you have done something wrong.
(c) They are hand picked people by the shaman to get sick.
(d) Because of physical reasons.

3. Who warned Anne Fadiman about pursuing a story about Lia?
(a) The Kordas.
(b) Her colleagues.
(c) Lia's clan.
(d) The doctors.

4. What was the prescription mentioned in Chapter Five that Lia took most often?
(a) Ceph.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Cough syrup.
(d) Dilantin.

5. What kind of welcome did Anne receive from the clan letters?
(a) They refused to talk to her.
(b) They would not stop talking.
(c) A cold welcome.
(d) A warm welcome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Lia's social worker?

2. What do American doctors do that in the Hmong's opinion, threaten their lives and their soul?

3. When did the author first meet the Lee family?

4. How did the Lee's treat Anne?

5. What does Chapter Six say can present as chronic pain in a patient?

Short Essay Questions

1. What things did the Hmong people hear about American doctors that made them distrust them?

2. Why was impaired communication particularly dangerous for Hmong people?

3. How did the Hmong view the Chinese?

4. Give an example of how the Hmong are clearly tied to their past.

5. What do the Lees give up in order to try to cure Lia?

6. What powers does the Hmong culture believe that a "txiv neeb" shaman has?

7. How did Anne learn to navigate the cultural differences between her and the Lees?

8. What is special about the red chair where Anne sat to do her interviews?

9. Who was May Ying Xiong?

10. What happened the first time the Lee's went to the hospital with Lia?

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