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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the Hmong culture has the highest rank?

2. What do the interviews described in the preface offer a glimpse into?

3. How many translators did Anne employ?

4. How does the author work through the barrier in interviewing the family?

5. What is the Lee's homeland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What questions did the Hmong people have about American doctors and surgery?

2. How does the author come to know the Lee family?

3. Where were the Hmong in the 1980s getting most of their information about American doctors?

4. What was Lia's interaction like with her parents?

5. How did the Hmong view the Chinese?

6. How did Anne learn to navigate the cultural differences between her and the Lees?

7. What do the Lees give up in order to try to cure Lia?

8. How does war factor in to the history of the Hmong culture?

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

10. What powers does the Hmong culture believe that a "txiv neeb" shaman has?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship like between Lia and her parents?

Essay Topic 2

What is surprising about the fact that Hmong people would seek the advice of American doctors? On what occasions do they do that? What are their thoughts on medicine?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Neil's reasons behind his decision to file a report with Child Protective Services.

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