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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times was Lia admitted to Merced between the ages of eight months and four and a half years?
(a) 70 times.
(b) 7 times.
(c) Once.
(d) 17 times.

2. How old was Lia when the significant door slamming mentioned in Chapter Three happened?
(a) Three.
(b) Three months old.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Three weeks old.

3. As mentioned in Chapter Nine, an ordinance was created banning what?
(a) Medicine labels written only in English.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Sacrifices of animals.
(d) Public meetings of the Hmong clans.

4. How did the Lee's treat Anne?
(a) They did not talk to her at all.
(b) They were not unwelcoming.
(c) They treated her badly.
(d) They were extremely happy to see her.

5. Where was Lia born?
(a) Laos.
(b) America.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Minnesota.

6. At the time of this book, what did American colleges fail to teach students?
(a) Hmong history.
(b) Cross cultural communication.
(c) The Hmong language.
(d) World history.

7. Why was it nearly impossible for the doctors to satisfy the Hmong?
(a) Because the Hmong believed doctors are evil.
(b) Because they were never going to like them.
(c) They didn't want to try to satisfy them.
(d) Because the Hmong believed in illness of the soul.

8. In western medicine, what is "quag dab peg"?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) A cold.
(c) A family.
(d) A curse.

9. What did Hmong people generally think of American physicians in the 1980s?
(a) They distrusted them.
(b) They thought they were dumb.
(c) They were in awe of them.
(d) They thought they were evil.

10. How did the Hmong view the Chinese?
(a) As kindred spirits.
(b) As fierce enemies.
(c) As ghosts.
(d) As meddling people.

11. What were this person's feelings about filing the report to Child Protective Services?
(a) The person was forced to do it by someone else.
(b) The report was filed reluctantly.
(c) The person felt good about doing it.
(d) They person filed the report and had no emotions about it.

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

13. Besides language, what else does the cultural barrier make difficult for doctors and Hmong patients?
(a) Filling out forms.
(b) Calling on the phone.
(c) Talking to nurses.
(d) Non-verbal, interpersonal communication.

14. What kind of care did they provide to their patients?
(a) Poor quality.
(b) High quality.
(c) Inattentive.
(d) Lackluster.

15. What complication occurred because of the breathing issue during seizures, as described in Chapter Five?
(a) Her convulsions would get worse.
(b) Her brain lost oxygen, which can cause permanent damage.
(c) She would have enough seizure.
(d) She would begin to throw up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced Anne to the leaders of the Hmong clans?

2. What is the name of Lia's social worker?

3. Where was Foua when Lia was taken?

4. Before Lia was taken, the family was not given what?

5. Why did Neill and Peggy become doctors?

(see the answer keys)

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