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

2. What question did the Hmong people have about surgery in Chapter Four, one that sounds absurd to American people?

3. Who filed a report about Lia to Child Protective Services?

4. What were Anne's expectations about her visits with Lia's family?

5. What did the physicians in the refugee camps in Chapter Six think of the how the Hmong people perceived them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does war factor in to the history of the Hmong culture?

4. What did Lia's parents think about Lia's first seizure?

5. Why was it hard for doctors to pin down Lia's developmental delays?

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

7. What powers does the Hmong culture believe that a "txiv neeb" shaman has?

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

9. Describe Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp.

10. What happens to a baby's placenta after in Hmong culture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What leads to the end of the Hmong's peaceful life in the mountains? How does their relationship with Americans contribute to this?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the differences between American doctors and the Hmong shaman.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Neil's reasons behind his decision to file a report with Child Protective Services.

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