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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of medicine do the Hmong allow themselves to rely on?
(a) Vitamins.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Aromatherapies.
(d) Shots.

2. Where were the Hmong considered outsiders?
(a) Eurasia.
(b) Japan.
(c) China.
(d) Turkey.

3. In Chapter Four, what did the Hmong people back at the camp ask the woman about American doctors?
(a) What the hospital beds were like.
(b) Whether shots hurt.
(c) If there were any woman doctors.
(d) About the accessibility and use of a traditional txiv neeb.

4. Why does that particular type of medicine seem OK to the Hmong?
(a) Because they think it is a gift from God.
(b) Because the American doctors say so.
(c) Because they are desperate.
(d) Because it requires no physical intervention.

5. How does the author keep records of her interviews for the book?
(a) She memorizes the notes.
(b) She take notes.
(c) She records them with a video camera.
(d) They are tape recorded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Lee's homeland?

2. Where are the Hmong thought to have arisen?

3. Who is with Foua Lee when she goes through childbirth?

4. Do the Hmong people ever seek the advice of American doctors?

5. What kind of connotation comes with the Miao or Meo name?

(see the answer key)

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