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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. Why did Lia's family think she was transferred to a different hospital in Chapter 11?

2. Who died while the Lee's were in the refugee camp?

3. What kind of life did Foua and Nao expect in America?

4. Why did Foua rely on her children to shop at the market?

5. As stated in Chapter 15, how did Lia surprise her doctors?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Dang Moua.

10. Who did Lia compare to her younger siblings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What importance does the history of the Hmong people, specifically the fact that doctors are not used in the culture and that the Lee family is forced to leave Laos, have to this story?

Essay Topic 2

What problems does the Hmong people's importance on ancestors and tradition create when having conversations with Americans? Give two examples from the book and explain.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the root of the contention between the Chinese and the Hmong and their on again, off again relationship?

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