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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. How many surviving children did they have when they arrived in America?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

2. What happened to Lia's condition after she was sent home under her parent's care?
(a) She become medically stable.
(b) She was completely healed.
(c) It worsened.
(d) It stayed the same.

3. In Merced, what kind of homes did the Hmong have?
(a) Condos.
(b) Ranch homes.
(c) Duplexes.
(d) Two-story apartment buildings.

4. Why did Foua rely on her children to shop at the market?
(a) She was allergic to the food.
(b) Because she never learned English.
(c) Because she was afraid of Americans.
(d) She was intimidated.

5. What does Chapter 13 say never occurs to Nao and Foua about their children in America?
(a) That they would get sick.
(b) That language would be an issue.
(c) That they would be in danger.
(d) They they would have to be treated at American hospitals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city housed the largest percentage of Hmong per area in California?

2. What did the crop mentioned in Chapter 10 require?

3. How much did the pig cost that mentioned in Chapter 19?

4. If healthy communication existed from the beginning, what does the author say in Chapter 18 might have been very different?

5. What was Lia's condition when Anne first met the Lee family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the txiv neeb healing ceremony in Chapter 19.

2. What ended the Hmong's peaceful life in the mountains?

3. After the horrible journey to America, what did the Lee's expect for their children when they came to America?

4. Explain Lia's condition after she is released from the hospital under the care of her parents?

5. How did the Hmong people show how they were accustomed to life in the mountains?

6. What is Merced, CA like in terms of its Hmong population?

7. What is the point of the txiv neeb healing ceremony in Chapter 19.

8. Explain the misunderstanding about why Lia's parents thought she was being transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11.

9. Describe America's situation with Hmong immigrants.

10. Describe the care of Lia by her parents in Chapter 15.

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