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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 are too late and receive only half the regular price for their tea.
(c) They have the wrong type of tea.
(d) The tea collection center is closed and they have to return the next day.

2. Why do San-pa and Li-yan have to be careful where they cross into Thailand?
(a) They have no official papers.
(b) They don't want to pay taxes.
(c) They have to meet San-pa's employer.
(d) The terrain is very dangerous.

3. What does San-pa's mother give Li-yan to symbolize her acceptance?
(a) A boiled egg.
(b) A raw egg.
(c) Fruit.
(d) A pig.

4. What tragic event happened in A-ma's tea garden?
(a) All the tea trees died.
(b) First Sister-in-law was cursed.
(c) A-ba's father fell and died.
(d) The spirits haunted A-ma.

5. What is the name of San-pa's home village?
(a) Shelter Shadow.
(b) Shadow of the Mountain.
(c) Shelter of Shade.
(d) Dark Shadows.

6. According to Akha tradition, what must a baby do before it is truly born?
(a) Cry three times.
(b) Roll over.
(c) Be passed around to every woman in the room.
(d) Grab its mother's finger.

7. What does Li-yan give Teacher Zhang as a gift of respect?
(a) A glass jar.
(b) A chicken.
(c) Rice.
(d) Tea.

8. According to Akha superstition, what should men do once their wives are five months pregnant?
(a) Do not leave the village.
(b) Do not bathe.
(c) Do not shave or cut their hair.
(d) Do not climb a tree.

9. What is the result of artificially fermenting the tea?
(a) The tea is terrible.
(b) The tea is too bitter.
(c) The tea is perfect.
(d) The tea rots too fast.

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

11. What happened to baby Yan-yeh aboard the airplane taking her to America?
(a) She rolled over for the first time.
(b) She passed out from lack of food.
(c) She stopped breathing and turned blue.
(d) She cried all the way to America.

12. What language do the children in Teacher Zhang's school want to learn?
(a) Mandarin.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Akha.
(d) Cantonese.

13. After their marriage, what does San-pa call Li-yan?
(a) A-ma.
(b) Woman.
(c) Wife.
(d) Girl.

14. How many days are in one Akha cycle of days?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Deh-ja have to do in order to rid her house of evil spirits?

4. What is considered proper conduct for a pregnant woman?

5. What two gifts does A-ma give her granddaughter?

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