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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 is every woman expected to do after she gives birth?
(a) Clean her whole house to purify it.
(b) Get up and go back to work.
(c) Give sacrifices to please the spirits.
(d) Bathe her baby.

2. What does Deh-ja have to do in order to rid her house of evil spirits?
(a) Sweep every corner of the room.
(b) Chant.
(c) Pray to her ancestors.
(d) Make a food offering to the spirits.

3. Who does Li-yan meet outside the Menghai Social Welfare Institute?
(a) Ci-teh.
(b) Ci-do.
(c) Deh-ja.
(d) A-ma.

4. What does Li-yan witness that changes her "irreversibly" (35)?
(a) Deh-ja having a baby.
(b) The way twins are treated according to Akha Law.
(c) Her mother killing a chicken.
(d) A fight between Akha men.

5. What is the final step the village must take to be cleansed from the taboo of the twins?
(a) Chant every night for a week.
(b) Offer sacrifices for 12 days.
(c) Follow a 12-day ceremonial abstinence.
(d) Abstain from food and water for 24 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teacher Zhang ask A-ba?

2. What news does Li-yan get from Teacher Zhang?

3. What does Li-yan do hoping to change her life?

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

5. What type of water should be used to make tea?

(see the answer key)

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