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

3. What happened to Lia's condition after she was sent home under her parent's care?

4. How much did the pig cost that mentioned in Chapter 19?

5. What happened on that day that Lia's doctors said they dreaded in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Dang Moua.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What leads to the end of the Hmong's peaceful life in the mountains? How does their relationship with Americans contribute to this?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Neil's reasons behind his decision to file a report with Child Protective Services.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the differences between American doctors and the Hmong shaman.

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