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

2. Who is the author of this book?

3. What does the author say the culture and fate of the Hmong people is seeped in?

4. What did Hmong people generally think of American physicians in the 1980s?

5. Why did the Hmong people have these feelings about American doctors at that time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was May Ying Xiong?

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

4. How did physicians hurt the cycle of rumors and distrust of Americans back in the Hmong refugee camps?

5. Describe Neil and Peggy's beliefs as doctors.

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

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

8. How did the Hmong view the Chinese?

9. Where were the Hmong in the 1980s getting most of their information about American doctors?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems does the Hmong people's importance on ancestors and tradition create when having conversations with Americans? Give two examples from the book and explain.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the misunderstandings and problems that occur for the Lee's when they first take Lia to Merced hospital.

Essay Topic 3

Even though it is an illness, what is significant in the Hmong culture about qaug dab peg?

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