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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 was Dang Moua?

2. What is a nyias?

3. When Lia returned to MCMC, who was taking care of her?

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

5. How many different clans existed in Merced?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Lia's condition after she is released from the hospital under the care of her parents?

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

3. Describe the txiv neeb healing ceremony in Chapter 19.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What does the misunderstanding about Lia's hospital transfer represent? Be sure to explain it in terms of the issues in communication between Lia's parents and her doctors.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship between Nao Kao and Foua Lee and Anne, the author. How does Anne's perception of the Lees change from beginning to end of the book?

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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