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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who introduced Anne to the leaders of the Hmong clans?
(a) The Kordas.
(b) Sukey.
(c) Neil.
(d) Foua Lee.

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

4. What prompted the author to go and meet the Lee family?
(a) A strange medical collision.
(b) A story of a sick girl.
(c) Rumors of a cultural collision.
(d) A doctor's malpratice.

5. What did Lia do when she seemed to know a seizure was coming?
(a) Begin screaming.
(b) Crawl into bed.
(c) Run to her parents for a hug.
(d) Run to a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lia when the significant door slamming mentioned in Chapter Three happened?

2. What is the Hmong tradition for delivery of babies?

3. What kind of medicine do the Hmong allow themselves to rely on?

4. At the time of this book, what did American colleges fail to teach students?

5. Physicians did not recognize what in the Hmong culture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the meaning of qaug dab peg and why is it important to the story?

2. Describe the significance of the door slamming in Chapter Three.

3. What was Anne's colleague's reactions to her wanting to investigate the circumstances around Lia's medical care?

4. How did Lia going to a foster home affect the rest of her clan and their perception of doctors?

5. Why did the nurses at Merced recall Lia with mixed emotions?

6. How did the author overcome barriers to interviewing the Lee family?

7. How do American's react to the sacrificing of animals by the Hmong?

8. How did the Hmong view the Chinese?

9. Why was it hard for doctors to pin down Lia's developmental delays?

10. Describe what the author says in the preface about the insights the taped recordings of interviews offered.

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