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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Outside World 1996-2006.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Li-yan join the village elders when they talk to Mr. Huang?
(a) She has to translate.
(b) She has become the most important woman in the village.
(c) A-ma asked her to spy on the men.
(d) Her brothers refuse to attend the meeting.

3. What work practice surprises Li-yan?
(a) Taking a lunch break.
(b) Taking a vacation.
(c) Working on a computer.
(d) Getting paid for working.

4. What does Li-yan's father learn when they arrive at the tea collection center?
(a) They went to the tea collection center on the wrong day.
(b) They have the wrong type of tea.
(c) They are too late and receive only half the regular price for their tea.
(d) The tea collection center is closed and they have to return the next day.

5. How many nights does Li-yan and San-pa's wedding last?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dominant ethnicity in China?

2. What does dreaming of a dog on the roof mean?

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

4. Before the tea trade, Yunnan were called tu, which meant backward. After Pu'er tea rose in value, what did tu mean?

5. When Li-yan finds San-pa sleeping in the street at Menghai, what does she realize he has taken?

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