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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. What do American doctors do that in the Hmong's opinion, threaten their lives and their soul?
(a) Make them wait.
(b) Ask their patients to undress, touch them and perform procedures.
(c) Ask rude questions.
(d) Take down personal information.

2. How many times was Lia admitted to Merced between the ages of eight months and four and a half years?
(a) 70 times.
(b) Once.
(c) 7 times.
(d) 17 times.

3. What kind of prescription did the Neil and Peggy give Lia that they thought was best for her?
(a) Multiple doses of one medication.
(b) No medication.
(c) One dose of one medication.
(d) Multiple doses of multiple medications.

4. Who introduced Anne to the leaders of the Hmong clans?
(a) Sukey.
(b) Foua Lee.
(c) The Kordas.
(d) Neil.

5. In the Hmong tradition, what is considered an illness of honor?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Measles.
(d) The flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?

2. In Chapter Nine, what did the Lees believe was the only thing that could help Lia with her condition?

3. In western medicine, what is "quag dab peg"?

4. What was the father of the translator Anne liked best?

5. What was Lia doing when she hit her head severely in Chapter Nine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp.

4. What happened after Neil filed the report with Child Protective Services?

5. What was Lia's interaction like with her parents?

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

7. Who do the Lees blame for Lia's mental regression in Chapter Nine?

8. Who was May Ying Xiong?

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

10. What did Lia's parents think about Lia's first seizure?

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