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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V - The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane 2012-2016.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two gifts does A-ma give her granddaughter?
(a) A cap and a charm.
(b) A name and a tea cake.
(c) A name and a cap.
(d) A tea cake and a knife.

2. What aphorism does Li-yan recite to Deh-ja when she finds her at the Social Welfare Institute?
(a) You can always go home.
(b) Tall trees catch much wind.
(c) A beautiful flower blooms even in dirt.
(d) No coincidence, no story.

3. What is the precious dowry Li-yan will bring to her marriage?
(a) A tea grove passed down through the women in her mother's family.
(b) The herbs and medicines her mother uses.
(c) A house her father will build.
(d) Pigs and chickens.

4. How does A-ma react when Li-yan tells her about the need to reveal the location of her trees?
(a) She wants to talk to Jin before she decides what to do.
(b) She breaks down and cries.
(c) She protests they must keep it a secret or something bad will happen.
(d) She agrees with Li-yan.

5. Why did Mr. Huang help Li-yan start her business and get into tea college?
(a) To get a part of her business.
(b) To find out the secret location of her tea trees.
(c) To become part of her family.
(d) To repay her mother for saving his son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does San-pa promise Li-yan?

3. Who was Li-yan's unknown partner in the Midnight Blossom Teashop?

4. From what did Jin's father die?

5. What is the government policy that prohibits laying tea leaves on the ground?

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