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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - The Akha Way 1988-1990.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Li-yan eat that keeps her feeling full?
(a) Rice.
(b) Tea leaves.
(c) Chili flakes.
(d) Chicken.

2. According to Akha superstition, what should men do once their wives are five months pregnant?
(a) Do not leave the village.
(b) Do not shave or cut their hair.
(c) Do not bathe.
(d) Do not climb a tree.

3. Why does A-ba not think Li-yan needs more education?
(a) She has to learn wife and mother responsibilities and pick tea.
(b) He cannot afford the tuition.
(c) She has to teach her siblings.
(d) He will not let her leave the village.

4. What is every woman expected to do after she gives birth?
(a) Clean her whole house to purify it.
(b) Give sacrifices to please the spirits.
(c) Bathe her baby.
(d) Get up and go back to work.

5. What does A-ma call her daughter?
(a) Girl.
(b) Only Sister.
(c) No name.
(d) Li-yan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ci-do and Deh-ja as a result of having twins?

2. What does A-ma believe controls everyone's lives?

3. What tragic event happened in A-ma's tea garden?

4. Li-yan is the first in her family to do what?

5. How many days are in one Akha cycle of days?

(see the answer key)

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