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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. In Chapter Nine, what did the Lees believe was the only thing that could help Lia with her condition?
(a) Anne.
(b) Neil.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Their love and traditional medicine.

2. Where was Lia born?
(a) America.
(b) Laos.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Minnesota.

3. Where did some of the Hmong go after they were divided?
(a) China.
(b) Laos.
(c) IndoChina.
(d) America.

4. Why did the Lee's flee their homeland?
(a) Because they had relatives in the United States.
(b) Because of war.
(c) Their home was burned.
(d) They wanted to live an American life.

5. Who took the time to solicit the Lees opinions about their daughter's health?
(a) Anne's colleagues.
(b) Neil.
(c) Jeanine.
(d) Peggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lia's family believe happened during the door slamming mentioned in Chapter Three?

2. What position do mother's use for childbirth?

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

4. Who oversaw Lia's care at Merced?

5. How does the author keep records of her interviews for the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp.

5. How does the author come to know the Lee family?

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

7. Explain what the author says is needed in order for an American, used to our fast-paced culture, to talk to a person who is Hmong.

8. How do American's react to the sacrificing of animals by the Hmong?

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

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

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