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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. In 1993, what happened to Jeanine Hilt?
(a) She was promoted.
(b) She suffered a heart attack.
(c) She died of unknown causes.
(d) She suffered a severe asthma attack and lost brain function.

2. How much did the pig cost that mentioned in Chapter 19?
(a) $250.00.
(b) Nothing.
(c) $50.00.
(d) $150.00.

3. When did Merced's Health department complete training in advocacy and cultural skills?
(a) 1996.
(b) 2006.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1986.

4. How many different clans existed in Merced?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 24.
(d) 14.

5. How many days did Lia spend at Valley Children's Hospital?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Eleven days.
(c) One day.
(d) Five days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter 13 say never occurs to Nao and Foua about their children in America?

2. What kind of life were the Hmong people accustomed to before coming to America?

3. Why was Lia transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11?

4. What does the author say any person, when working with someone from another ethnic background, should have the responsibility of doing?

5. What happened during the Lee's first attempt to leave Laos?

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. Who did Lia compare to her younger siblings?

4. Explain the misunderstanding about why Lia's parents thought she was being transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11.

5. What ended the Hmong's peaceful life in the mountains?

6. How did the Hmong people show how they were accustomed to life in the mountains?

7. Describe Dang Moua.

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

9. How is the importance of culture to healing being recognized on a wider basis?

10. Explain the hardships of the Lee family's journey to America.

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