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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Li-yan finds San-pa sleeping in the street at Menghai, what does she realize he has taken?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Opium.
(d) Heroin.

3. What was the condition of the infants when they were adopted from the Welfare Institute?
(a) All the children were dressed in traditional Akha clothing.
(b) The children were filthy.
(c) The children were well cared for and healthy.
(d) The children were spotlessly clean.

4. Even though San-pa promises he will be a good husband, what does A-ma still think of him?
(a) He is not Akha.
(b) He is lazy.
(c) He is not a tea grower.
(d) He is the pancake stealer.

5. What type of love songs do the Akha sing?
(a) Mountain call.
(b) Call and echo.
(c) Call and response.
(d) Round robin.

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

7. Where does Li-yan meet San-pa?
(a) Picking tea leaves.
(b) At the tea collection station.
(c) In the mountains.
(d) At the spirit gate.

8. 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.

9. What does Li-yan's father learn when they arrive at the tea collection center?
(a) They are too late and receive only half the regular price for their tea.
(b) They went to the tea collection center on the wrong day.
(c) They have the wrong type of tea.
(d) The tea collection center is closed and they have to return the next day.

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

11. What happens to Ci-do and Deh-ja as a result of having twins?
(a) They can never have other children.
(b) They must sacrifice everything they have to the spirits and ask for forgiveness.
(c) They apologize to the entire village and give everyone a gift.
(d) They are banished from the village and their house burned down.

12. What is considered proper conduct for a pregnant woman?
(a) Announce they are pregnant to the village.
(b) Go home to her parents until the baby is born.
(c) Attach a special charm to their headdress.
(d) Be shy and stand at an angle so her stomach looks small.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Teacher Zhang sometimes bitter?

2. What type of government did Chairman Mao establish in China?

3. What does Li-yan hope to learn from San-pa's mother?

4. Who is the head of the Chinese government?

5. Who does A-ma and A-ba hope Li-yan will marry?

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