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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. What is the point of the txiv neeb ceremony described in Chapter 19?
(a) To get Lia's soul to come back.
(b) To honor Lia.
(c) To get make sure none of the other Lees get sick.
(d) To honor Neil and Peggy.

2. What was different about Laos than all of its neighbors, as mentioned in Chapter 10?
(a) Its people all spoke the same language.
(b) Its people spoke multiple languages.
(c) It was smaller.
(d) It was the largest.

3. Who was hit hard with what happened to Jeanine?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Foua.
(c) Neil.
(d) Lia.

4. In Chapter 17, whose son is diagnosed with leukemia?
(a) Neil and Peggy's.
(b) Jeanine's.
(c) Foua's.
(d) Dang Moua's.

5. Who died while the Lee's were in the refugee camp?
(a) Lia.
(b) The infant Foua was breastfeeding.
(c) Nao.
(d) Foua.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Lees believe caused Lia's illness?

2. What happened on that day that Lia's doctors said they dreaded in Chapter 11?

3. Which hospital was Lia transferred to in Chapter 11?

4. What was Lia's condition when Anne first met the Lee family?

5. How are the inhabitants of Laos characterized?

Short Essay Questions

1. After arriving in America, what were considered new concepts to Hmong people like the Lees?

2. Describe America's situation with Hmong immigrants.

3. What parts of their old life in Laos did Hmong people keep alive in their American homes?

4. Describe Dang Moua.

5. Why did Nao and Foua Lee want Lia to return to Merced in Chapter 11?

6. Explain how Neil and Peggy were drawn closer to the Lee family.

7. How did Nao view Lia's medications in Chapter 13?

8. After the horrible journey to America, what did the Lee's expect for their children when they came to America?

9. What is the point of the txiv neeb healing ceremony in Chapter 19.

10. Describe the care of Lia by her parents in Chapter 15.

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