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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. When asking someone who is Hmong a question, what will likely be part of their answer?
(a) Something about their traditional name.
(b) Something about their ancestors.
(c) Something about their age.
(d) Something about their shaman.

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

3. What was Lia doing when she hit her head severely in Chapter Nine?
(a) Jumping.
(b) Skipping.
(c) Swinging.
(d) Running.

4. What is the Lee's homeland?
(a) Laos.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Japan.

5. Where in California did the author travel to meet with the Lee family?
(a) San Jose.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Merced.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Lee's feel when Lia was returned home from foster care?

2. What did doctors fear would happen if they could not get Lia's seizures under control?

3. How many seizures did Lia have over a few months time in Chapter Three?

4. What kind of prescription did the Neil and Peggy give Lia that they thought was best for her?

5. Where was Foua when Lia was taken?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe what the author says in the preface about the insights the taped recordings of interviews offered.

4. Why did the Lees have to leave their homeland of Laos?

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

6. Where were the Hmong in the 1980s getting most of their information about American doctors?

7. Describe Neil and Peggy's beliefs as doctors.

8. Describe the significance of the door slamming in Chapter Three.

9. How does war factor in to the history of the Hmong culture?

10. What was Anne's colleague's reactions to her wanting to investigate the circumstances around Lia's medical care?

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