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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 welcome did Anne receive from the clan letters?
(a) A cold welcome.
(b) They would not stop talking.
(c) They refused to talk to her.
(d) A warm welcome.

2. In the fast-paced nature of America, speaking with the Hmong requires what?
(a) Interpreters.
(b) Paper and pencil.
(c) Patience.
(d) Tape recorders.

3. Why wasn't Neil and Peggy's treatment working for Lia?
(a) She had too much medication.
(b) They wouldn't listen to her parents.
(c) Because her parents were not dispensing her medication properly.
(d) They didn't know what they were doing.

4. What is the name of Lia's social worker?
(a) Tom Korda.
(b) Neil.
(c) Dee Korda.
(d) Jeanine Hilt.

5. What was Anne instructed on before her visits with Lia's family?
(a) How to talk to the leaders of the clan.
(b) The proper way to speak about the doctors.
(c) The proper etiquette of Hmong conversation.
(d) How to talk to Hmong children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does that particular type of medicine seem OK to the Hmong?

2. Where was Lia born?

3. Why did the Hmong rebel as described in Chapter Two?

4. What was another reason to file the child protective services report?

5. Who is the author of this book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. What is special about the red chair where Anne sat to do her interviews?

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

7. What is the meaning of qaug dab peg and why is it important to the story?

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

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

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

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