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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. What two characters promise to be friends forever?
(a) Li-yan and San-pa.
(b) Li-yan and Ci-teh.
(c) Li-yan and First Sister-in-law.
(d) Ci-teh and San-pa.

2. What does A-ma give Li-yan for her headdress?
(a) Silver bells.
(b) Three charms.
(c) Ribbons.
(d) Colored pom-poms.

3. What is the one good omen when Deh-ja goes into labor?
(a) It is raining.
(b) It is the season of spirits.
(c) It is Rat Day.
(d) It is the day of sacrifice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ci-teh marry?

2. What does Li-yan witness that changes her "irreversibly" (35)?

3. Why does Huang Benyu come to Li-yan's village?

4. What language do the children in Teacher Zhang's school want to learn?

5. Why does Li-yan lie about her dream?

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