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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. How many surviving children did they have when they arrived in America?

2. What happened to the son who had leukemia?

3. What did the crop mentioned in Chapter 10 require?

4. In 1993, what happened to Jeanine Hilt?

5. When did Merced's Health department complete training in advocacy and cultural skills?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who did Lia compare to her younger siblings?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the question on the author's mind after her experience with the Lee family that serves as the premise for the book. Be sure to talk about the clashing worlds of the Hmong culture and the medical community.

Essay Topic 2

Even though it is an illness, what is significant in the Hmong culture about qaug dab peg?

Essay Topic 3

What leads to the end of the Hmong's peaceful life in the mountains? How does their relationship with Americans contribute to this?

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