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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 much is the txiv neeb paid in Chapter 19?
(a) $150.00.
(b) He gets to eat with the family every night for the next week.
(c) $250.00.
(d) Nothing.

2. How many other refugees did the Lee family leave Laos with in their second attempt?
(a) 400.
(b) 40.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 4.

3. What was different about Laos than all of its neighbors, as mentioned in Chapter 10?
(a) It was smaller.
(b) Its people spoke multiple languages.
(c) Its people all spoke the same language.
(d) It was the largest.

4. What kind of life did Foua and Nao expect in America?
(a) They had no expectations.
(b) A worse one.
(c) The same.
(d) A better one.

5. Who was hit hard with what happened to Jeanine?
(a) Foua.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Neil.
(d) Lia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Lia's condition after she was sent home under her parent's care?

2. How are the inhabitants of Laos characterized?

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

4. How did Foua carry Lia on her back in Chapter 15?

5. What was lacking in the refugee camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who did Lia compare to her younger siblings?

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

7. Describe Dang Moua.

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

9. Describe America's situation with Hmong immigrants.

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

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