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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV - The Bird That Stands Out 2007-2008.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Li-yan's village?
(a) Spring Well.
(b) Well Spring.
(c) Sacred Spring.
(d) Pure Well.

2. When Li-yan finds San-pa sleeping in the street at Menghai, what does she realize he has taken?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Opium.
(d) Heroin.

3. What type of love songs do the Akha sing?
(a) Mountain call.
(b) Call and echo.
(c) Call and response.
(d) Round robin.

4. Where does Li-yan work while she is in school in Kunming?
(a) King World Studios.
(b) The Marriott Hotel.
(c) A tea importer.
(d) The King World Hotel.

5. When Haley arrives in Yiwu, what customs does she have to get used to?
(a) Squat toilets, using toilet paper for napkins, and spitting bones on the floor.
(b) Using toilet paper for napkins.
(c) Squat toilets.
(d) Spitting bones on the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Akha expression for being pregnant?

2. What does Li-yan's mother name her granddaughter?

3. What two gifts does A-ma give her granddaughter?

4. Where does Li-yan go each day after work?

5. What is qi?

(see the answer key)

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