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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 did the crop mentioned in Chapter 10 require?

2. When they arrived in America, who did the Lee's seek help from?

3. How many surviving children did they have when they arrived in America?

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

5. In Chapter 17, what kind of damage did Lia have to her brain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Nao and Foua Lee want Lia to return to Merced in Chapter 11?

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

5. What is Merced, CA like in terms of its Hmong population?

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

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

8. Describe Dang Moua.

9. Explain how Neil and Peggy were drawn closer to the Lee family.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the relationship like between Lia and her parents?

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