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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. When did Merced's Health department complete training in advocacy and cultural skills?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1986.
(c) 2006.
(d) 1999.

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

3. What did tests conclude in Chapter 11 about Lia's anticonvulsant medication?
(a) It was not working.
(b) She had not been taking it.
(c) Her parents were giving it to her incorrectly.
(d) She was taking it, so her parents previous issues were not a problem.

4. Why did Lia's family think she was transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11?
(a) Jeanine was going on vacation.
(b) Because they requested it.
(c) Because Neil was going on vacation.
(d) It had a children's ICU that MCMC lacked.

5. What city housed the largest percentage of Hmong per area in California?
(a) Stockton.
(b) Merced.
(c) Sacremento.
(d) Fresno.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What helped communication between Foua and Lia's doctors?

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

4. What could the doctors have done that would have shown respect for the Lees' religious beliefs?

5. In 1993, what happened to Jeanine Hilt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who did Lia compare to her younger siblings?

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