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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. As mentioned in Chapter Nine, an ordinance was created banning what?

2. What is the second set of interviews the author conducts?

3. What is the Lee's homeland?

4. What complicated the process of putting a IV in Lia when she was taken to the hospital, as described in Chapter Five?

5. Who did Lia's family believe captured her spirit in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give an example of how the Hmong are clearly tied to their past.

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

3. What was Anne's colleague's reactions to her wanting to investigate the circumstances around Lia's medical care?

4. How did the Hmong view the Chinese?

5. Explain what the author says is needed in order for an American, used to our fast-paced culture, to talk to a person who is Hmong.

6. Describe Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp.

7. Why was impaired communication particularly dangerous for Hmong people?

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

9. In Hmong tradition, how does childbirth differ from here in America?

10. How did Anne learn to navigate the cultural differences between her and the Lees?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is surprising about the fact that Hmong people would seek the advice of American doctors? On what occasions do they do that? What are their thoughts on medicine?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship between Nao Kao and Foua Lee and Anne, the author. How does Anne's perception of the Lees change from beginning to end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What importance does the history of the Hmong people, specifically the fact that doctors are not used in the culture and that the Lee family is forced to leave Laos, have to this story?

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