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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - A Beautiful Flower Calls 1994-1996.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Teacher Zhang sometimes bitter?
(a) He hates teaching school.
(b) He does not agree with communism.
(c) He was not allowed to return to his home after the Cultural Revolution.
(d) He wants a wife.

2. Who does A-ma and A-ba hope Li-yan will marry?
(a) Law-ba.
(b) Ci-do.
(c) Ni-ma.
(d) San-pa.

3. What Akha tradition ensures there is no marriage between close relatives?
(a) Check the village documents.
(b) Recite the Lineage.
(c) Marry people from other villages.
(d) Consult the ruma.

4. What does Teacher Zhang ask A-ba?
(a) If Li-yan can receive more education.
(b) To find him a wife.
(c) If he can pick tea with their family.
(d) If he can marry Li-yan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Li-yan meet San-pa?

5. Why does Li-yan join the village elders when they talk to Mr. Huang?

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