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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Foua when Lia was taken?

2. What is the difference between Hmong culture and American in terms of high contact?

3. As mentioned in Chapter Six, what would have been a more agreeable plan to the Hmong in terms of treating illness?

4. What diseases do Hmong people suffer from at a higher rate than others?

5. Why did Neill and Peggy become doctors?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author come to know the Lee family?

2. Why didn't American physicians, just out of college in the 1980s, have a sense of cross cultural communication?

3. What do the Lees give up in order to try to cure Lia?

4. Describe Foua and Nao Kao.

5. Who do the Lees blame for Lia's mental regression in Chapter Nine?

6. Who was May Ying Xiong?

7. What happened the first time the Lee's went to the hospital with Lia?

8. How do American's react to the sacrificing of animals by the Hmong?

9. Describe the Lee's reaction when Lia returns home from foster care.

10. What questions did the Hmong people have about American doctors and surgery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the misunderstanding about Lia's hospital transfer represent? Be sure to explain it in terms of the issues in communication between Lia's parents and her doctors.

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship like between Lia and her parents?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the question on the author's mind after her experience with the Lee family that serves as the premise for the book. Be sure to talk about the clashing worlds of the Hmong culture and the medical community.

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