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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lia's family believe happened during the door slamming mentioned in Chapter Three?
(a) It made her deaf.
(b) Lia's soul awoke.
(c) It disrupted Lia's ears.
(d) Lia's soul flew away because it was so frightening.

2. Who oversaw Lia's care at Merced?
(a) Anne Fadiman.
(b) The Lees.
(c) Jeanine Hilt.
(d) Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp.

3. As mentioned in Chapter Six, what would have been a more agreeable plan to the Hmong in terms of treating illness?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Therapy.

4. Which hospital was Lia transferred to in Chapter 11?
(a) Merced Children's Hospital.
(b) General Hospital.
(c) Lakeview Children's Hospital.
(d) Valley Children's Hospital.

5. What is a "txiv neeb" in the Hmong tribe?
(a) An angel.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A shaman.
(d) A midwife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is impossible to separate from the past for the Hmong people?

2. What kind of care did they provide to their patients?

3. Who did Nao Kao think the social workers were?

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

5. What prompted the author to go and meet the Lee family?

(see the answer key)

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