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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 prescription did the Neil and Peggy give Lia that they thought was best for her?
(a) Multiple doses of multiple medications.
(b) No medication.
(c) Multiple doses of one medication.
(d) One dose of one medication.

2. What was the father of the translator Anne liked best?
(a) A refuge center worker.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A clan leader.
(d) A txiv neeb and a former soldier.

3. What did the medical chart at Merced say about Lia and her mother?
(a) It did not realize she had been to the facility many times.
(b) It said her parents could speak English.
(c) It said she was a problem patient.
(d) It noted her close bond with her mother.

4. Why was it nearly impossible for the doctors to satisfy the Hmong?
(a) Because the Hmong believed in illness of the soul.
(b) Because the Hmong believed doctors are evil.
(c) Because they were never going to like them.
(d) They didn't want to try to satisfy them.

5. In Chapter Nine, who did the Lees begin to blame for Lia's condition?
(a) The government and her prescribed medication.
(b) The shaman.
(c) The Kordas.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was giving Lia her medications difficult for the Lee family?

2. Where was Lia born?

3. Who is with Foua Lee when she goes through childbirth?

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

5. What barrier does the author have in interviewing the family featured in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Foua and Nao Kao.

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

3. Who do the Lees blame for Lia's mental regression in Chapter Nine?

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

5. What do the Lees give up in order to try to cure Lia?

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

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

8. Give an example of how the cultural barrier can lead to misinterpretations between Americans and Hmong people.

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

10. How did Lia going to a foster home affect the rest of her clan and their perception of doctors?

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