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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 did Lia's family think she was transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11?

2. What was lacking in the refugee camp?

3. What was Lia's condition when Anne first met the Lee family?

4. Who was hit hard with what happened to Jeanine?

5. What could the doctors have done that would have shown respect for the Lees' religious beliefs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Lia's condition after she is released from the hospital under the care of her parents?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who did Lia compare to her younger siblings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kinds of problems do the lack of cross cultural communication between doctors and the Hmong people present? Be sure to mention both verbal and nonverbal communication.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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