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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Jodi Picoult.
(b) Anne Fadiman.
(c) Greg Mortenson.
(d) Mai Neng Moua.

2. What kind of connotation comes with the Miao or Meo name?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Honor.
(c) Something not favorable.
(d) Prestige.

3. What question did the Hmong people have about surgery in Chapter Four, one that sounds absurd to American people?
(a) They asked why doctors had to wash up before surgery.
(b) They asked if doctors used magic to perform surgery.
(c) They asked if doctors ate the body parts after surgery.
(d) They asked why one person would cut into another for the fun of it.

4. What is the juxtaposition in beliefs is there in regards to touch between American doctors and a txiv neeb?
(a) A txiv neeb does not touch his patients, where as doctors rely on a great amount of touch in their practice.
(b) Txiv neeb rely on touch in their practice.
(c) There is no touch in either pratice of doctors or txiv neebs.
(d) The Hmong people wish that txiv neebs would rely on touch.

5. How does a txiv neeb reach a diagnosis?
(a) A txiv neeb senses things in the spiritual world.
(b) He or she asks their colleagues.
(c) He or she asks pointed questions.
(d) They ask the village for their feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Lee family arrive in America?

2. Why does that particular type of medicine seem OK to the Hmong?

3. Why do the Hmong believe illnesses happen?

4. What did the Lee's think of western medicine in Chapter Three?

5. In the Hmong tradition, what is considered an illness of honor?

(see the answer key)

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