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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 tests conclude in Chapter 11 about Lia's anticonvulsant medication?

2. What did Chapter 11 say was the day Lia's doctor's dreaded?

3. What did Chapter 10 say about the connection to the past life the Hmong were accustomed to?

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

5. How many different clans existed in Merced?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the misunderstanding about why Lia's parents thought she was being transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11.

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

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

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

6. How is the importance of culture to healing being recognized on a wider basis?

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

8. Describe America's situation with Hmong immigrants.

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

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

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

Explain the importance of the traditional burying of the placenta in the Hmong culture. What do the people believe it represents?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the root of the contention between the Chinese and the Hmong and their on again, off again relationship?

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