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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author work through the barrier in interviewing the family?
(a) Gets her publisher to pay for travel.
(b) Takes writing classes.
(c) She uses an interpreter.
(d) Works through rough deadlines.

2. What color was the chair the author sat in for her interviews with the Lee family?
(a) Red.
(b) Orange.
(c) Purple.
(d) Blue.

3. Where in California did the author travel to meet with the Lee family?
(a) Merced.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Jose.
(d) San Diego.

4. What do the interviews described in the preface offer a glimpse into?
(a) How the government deals with refugees.
(b) The struggles of a writer.
(c) A glimpse into the Hmong culture.
(d) How a writer interviews difficult subjects.

5. When did the Lee's flee their homeland?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Foua Lee have before the childbirth we read about in Chapter One?

2. When did the Lee family arrive in America?

3. When did the author first meet the Lee family?

4. What is the English translation of the Hmong phrase "to speak of all kinds of things" reference?

5. What does the author say the culture and fate of the Hmong people is seeped in?

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