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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 do Hmong people grow and harvest?
(a) Opium.
(b) Broccoli.
(c) Edamame.
(d) Corn.

2. Who did the Lees believe caused Lia's illness?
(a) Americans.
(b) The clan.
(c) Shaman.
(d) Witches.

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

4. What kind of doctor might have made the Lees more comfortable?
(a) A female doctor.
(b) Two male doctors.
(c) A shaman.
(d) A Hmong doctor.

5. Who was Dang Moua?
(a) A Hmong preacher.
(b) A shaman.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A local grocer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of life did Foua and Nao expect in America?

3. What was lacking in the refugee camp?

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

5. As stated in Chapter 15, how did Lia surprise her doctors?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who did Lia compare to her younger siblings?

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

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

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

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

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