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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 did the Lee's do in honor of Lia returning home in Chapter Nine?
(a) They sacrificed a cow.
(b) They prayed.
(c) They went on with life as normal.
(d) They had a celebratory lunch.

2. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Jodi Picoult.
(b) Greg Mortenson.
(c) Mai Neng Moua.
(d) Anne Fadiman.

3. In Chapter Six, what continues to trickle back to the refugee camps?
(a) Unfavorable reports of Americans.
(b) Money.
(c) Guns.
(d) Illness.

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

5. What did Lia do when she seemed to know a seizure was coming?
(a) Run to her parents for a hug.
(b) Crawl into bed.
(c) Run to a doctor.
(d) Begin screaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Foua Lee?

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

3. How old was Lia when the significant door slamming mentioned in Chapter Three happened?

4. What did Lia's family realize in Chapter Nine about her after she returned?

5. In the Hmong tradition, what is considered an illness of honor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the nurses at Merced recall Lia with mixed emotions?

2. What is one major difference between American doctors and a txiv neeb?

3. Describe Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp.

4. What happens to a baby's placenta after in Hmong culture?

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

6. How did physicians hurt the cycle of rumors and distrust of Americans back in the Hmong refugee camps?

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

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

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

10. What questions did the Hmong people have about American doctors and surgery?

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