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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. How many different clans existed in Merced?

2. What does the author say any person, when working with someone from another ethnic background, should have the responsibility of doing?

3. In Merced, CA, how many residents are Hmong?

4. Why did most of the Hmong people come to America?

5. In Chapter 17, whose son is diagnosed with leukemia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Hmong people show how they were accustomed to life in the mountains?

2. Describe the care of Lia by her parents in Chapter 15.

3. Describe the txiv neeb healing ceremony in Chapter 19.

4. After arriving in America, what were considered new concepts to Hmong people like the Lees?

5. Explain the hardships of the Lee family's journey to America.

6. After the horrible journey to America, what did the Lee's expect for their children when they came to America?

7. What parts of their old life in Laos did Hmong people keep alive in their American homes?

8. How did Nao view Lia's medications in Chapter 13?

9. What ended the Hmong's peaceful life in the mountains?

10. Why did the author conclude Lia's life was cut short?

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

What does the misunderstanding about Lia's hospital transfer represent? Be sure to explain it in terms of the issues in communication between Lia's parents and her doctors.

Essay Topic 3

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

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