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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does Foua Lee have before the childbirth we read about in Chapter One?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

2. Who is with Foua Lee when she goes through childbirth?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A midwife.
(c) She is surrounded by her other sleeping children.
(d) A doctor.

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

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

5. Physicians did not recognize what in the Hmong culture?
(a) Their age.
(b) Their medical practices.
(c) Their language.
(d) Their beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the medical chart at Merced say about Lia and her mother?

2. In Chapter Four, what did the Hmong people back at the camp ask the woman about American doctors?

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

4. How does a txiv neeb reach a diagnosis?

5. What is the juxtaposition in beliefs is there in regards to touch between American doctors and a txiv neeb?

(see the answer key)

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