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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 kind of medicine do the Hmong allow themselves to rely on?
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Shots.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Aromatherapies.

2. Who served as the Lee's advocate when no one else would?
(a) Anne.
(b) A shaman.
(c) Jeanine.
(d) Peggy.

3. Besides language, what else does the cultural barrier make difficult for doctors and Hmong patients?
(a) Calling on the phone.
(b) Talking to nurses.
(c) Filling out forms.
(d) Non-verbal, interpersonal communication.

4. Where are the Hmong thought to have arisen?
(a) Laos.
(b) Eurasia.
(c) Europe.
(d) Turkey.

5. What do Americans think of the ritual used in the Lee's celebration?
(a) They like it.
(b) They are uncomfortable with it.
(c) They have no feelings about it.
(d) It makes them angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a txiv neeb reach a diagnosis?

2. Why wasn't Neil and Peggy's treatment working for Lia?

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

4. Who is the author of this book?

5. Who in the Hmong culture has the highest rank?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Hmong tradition, how does childbirth differ from here in America?

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

7. Why didn't American physicians, just out of college in the 1980s, have a sense of cross cultural communication?

8. Why was it hard for doctors to pin down Lia's developmental delays?

9. How did the Hmong view the Chinese?

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

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