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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) She was intimidated.
(b) Because she never learned English.
(c) She was allergic to the food.
(d) Because she was afraid of Americans.

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

3. In Chapter 17, whose son is diagnosed with leukemia?
(a) Foua's.
(b) Jeanine's.
(c) Neil and Peggy's.
(d) Dang Moua's.

4. When Lia returned to MCMC, who was taking care of her?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Jeanine.
(d) Neil.

5. What celebration occurred during Lia's time at MCMC in Chapter 13?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) The Hmong New Year.
(d) Thanksgiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died while the Lee's were in the refugee camp?

2. Who was Dang Moua?

3. What does Chapter 13 say never occurs to Nao and Foua about their children in America?

4. What did tests conclude in Chapter 11 about Lia's anticonvulsant medication?

5. Why did most of the Hmong people come to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Neil and Peggy were drawn closer to the Lee family.

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

3. Why did the author conclude Lia's life was cut short?

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

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

6. Describe Dang Moua.

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

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

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

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

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