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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 were this person's feelings about filing the report to Child Protective Services?

2. As described in Chapter Six, what does Hmong culture place emphasis on in terms of rank?

3. Who did Nao Kao think the social workers were?

4. What barrier does the author have in interviewing the family featured in the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What things did the Hmong people hear about American doctors that made them distrust them?

2. How did the author overcome barriers to interviewing the Lee family?

3. Describe Foua and Nao Kao.

4. Describe Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp.

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

6. Describe the significance of the door slamming in Chapter Three.

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

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

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

10. How did Lia going to a foster home affect the rest of her clan and their perception of doctors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the Lee's love for Lia evident in their reaction to Lia's mental regression? What steps do they take to try and heal her?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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