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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who served as the Lee's advocate when no one else would?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Anne.
(c) A shaman.
(d) Jeanine.
2. Who is Foua Lee?
(a) Interpreter.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Sister of Lia.
(d) Mother of Lia Lee.
3. What question did the Hmong people have about surgery in Chapter Four, one that sounds absurd to American people?
(a) They asked if doctors used magic to perform surgery.
(b) They asked if doctors ate the body parts after surgery.
(c) They asked why doctors had to wash up before surgery.
(d) They asked why one person would cut into another for the fun of it.
4. Who introduced Anne to the leaders of the Hmong clans?
(a) Neil.
(b) Sukey.
(c) Foua Lee.
(d) The Kordas.
5. What did the Lee's do in honor of Lia returning home in Chapter Nine?
(a) They had a celebratory lunch.
(b) They prayed.
(c) They sacrificed a cow.
(d) They went on with life as normal.
6. What do Americans think of the ritual used in the Lee's celebration?
(a) It makes them angry.
(b) They have no feelings about it.
(c) They like it.
(d) They are uncomfortable with it.
7. As mentioned in Chapter Nine, an ordinance was created banning what?
(a) Sacrifices of animals.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Public meetings of the Hmong clans.
(d) Medicine labels written only in English.
8. Why would Lia's parents place her on a soft mat on the floor when she was ready to have a seizure?
(a) They thought the floor was dirty.
(b) It would protect her from the hard services when she was thrashing during a seizure.
(c) They didn't have a bed for her.
(d) They didn't want to put her on a couch.
9. Why did Neill and Peggy become doctors?
(a) For the money.
(b) To heal people, whether it be animals or humans.
(c) For the prestige.
(d) Because they truly wanted to help other people.
10. What is a "txiv neeb" in the Hmong tribe?
(a) A shaman.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A midwife.
(d) An angel.
11. What diseases do Hmong people suffer from at a higher rate than others?
(a) Lymes Disease.
(b) The flu.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Diabetes and tuberculosis.
12. When did the Lee family arrive in America?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1980.
13. What happened to the seizures as Lia got older?
(a) They decreased in severity.
(b) They involved throwing up.
(c) They increased in severity.
(d) They got less frequent.
14. What was Anne instructed on before her visits with Lia's family?
(a) The proper way to speak about the doctors.
(b) How to talk to Hmong children.
(c) The proper etiquette of Hmong conversation.
(d) How to talk to the leaders of the clan.
15. Who warned Anne Fadiman about pursuing a story about Lia?
(a) Lia's clan.
(b) The doctors.
(c) The Kordas.
(d) Her colleagues.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was Foua when Lia was taken?
2. What were Anne's expectations about her visits with Lia's family?
3. What was the father of the translator Anne liked best?
4. Besides language, what else does the cultural barrier make difficult for doctors and Hmong patients?
5. Why did the Hmong rebel as described in Chapter Two?
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