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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 was Lia's condition in Chapter 13 when she returned to MCMC?

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

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

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

5. In Merced, what kind of homes did the Hmong have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe America's situation with Hmong immigrants.

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

3. Describe Dang Moua.

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

5. What is the point of the txiv neeb healing ceremony in Chapter 19.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship like between Lia and her parents?

Essay Topic 2

What is surprising about the fact that Hmong people would seek the advice of American doctors? On what occasions do they do that? What are their thoughts on medicine?

Essay Topic 3

Write about the affects on Lia, her family and her clan after she is forcefully removed from her home.

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