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

2. What was Lia's condition when Anne first met the Lee family?
(a) She had died.
(b) She was mostly healthy, but having seizures.
(c) She was healthy.
(d) She was in a vegetative state.

3. What is a nyias?
(a) A coffin.
(b) Healing Hmong herbs.
(c) An ornamental Hmong wrap.
(d) Hmong food.

4. What did the crop mentioned in Chapter 10 require?
(a) Hot temperatures.
(b) Humid climate.
(c) Moist soil.
(d) Cool temperatures and mountain soil.

5. What was lacking in the refugee camp?
(a) Food.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Water.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Lee family arrive in America?

2. Why was Lia transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11?

3. As described in Chapter 19, what is one kind of tool used by a txiv neeb?

4. How long did the Lees live in Portland?

5. In Chapter 17, what kind of damage did Lia have to her brain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Lia compare to her younger siblings?

2. Explain the hardships of the Lee family's journey to America.

3. Describe Dang Moua.

4. After arriving in America, what were considered new concepts to Hmong people like the Lees?

5. What parts of their old life in Laos did Hmong people keep alive in their American homes?

6. How did Nao view Lia's medications in Chapter 13?

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

8. Why did Nao and Foua Lee want Lia to return to Merced in Chapter 11?

9. How is the importance of culture to healing being recognized on a wider basis?

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

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