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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. Why did Neill and Peggy become doctors?
(a) For the prestige.
(b) To heal people, whether it be animals or humans.
(c) Because they truly wanted to help other people.
(d) For the money.

2. What is the Hmong tradition for delivery of babies?
(a) Babies are delivered in tents.
(b) Babies are delivered in a hospital.
(c) A midwife delivers babies at the hospital.
(d) Babies are delivered in their home.

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

4. Who in the Hmong culture has the highest rank?
(a) Elderly women.
(b) Elderly males.
(c) Young women.
(d) Young men.

5. Why was giving Lia her medications difficult for the Lee family?
(a) They didn't trust the medicine.
(b) They couldn't afford it.
(c) They lost it.
(d) They were unable to read English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of what the Hmong believe about why illnesses happen, what do they question about doctors in Chapter Four?

2. What was the prescription mentioned in Chapter Five that Lia took most often?

3. What is the English translation of the Hmong phrase "to speak of all kinds of things" reference?

4. Who was not present when Lia was removed from the home?

5. At the end of Chapter Three, Lia had a diagnosis of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the Hmong view the Chinese?

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

5. How did the author overcome barriers to interviewing the Lee family?

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

7. Explain Neil's decision to file a report with Child Protective Services.

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

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

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

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