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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 color was the chair the author sat in for her interviews with the Lee family?

2. What do American doctors do that in the Hmong's opinion, threaten their lives and their soul?

3. How does a txiv neeb reach a diagnosis?

4. Who is Foua Lee?

5. Why was giving Lia her medications difficult for the Lee family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened after Neil filed the report with Child Protective Services?

2. What is the meaning of qaug dab peg and why is it important to the story?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Give an example of how the cultural barrier can lead to misinterpretations between Americans and Hmong people.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Why is impaired communication particularly dangerous for the Hmong population? Explain and give a few examples noted in 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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