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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What places does Mr. Huang say Americans are visiting in China?
(a) The Great Wall.
(b) The Yangtze River.
(c) The Forbidden City.
(d) The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the Yangtze River.

2. What does Li-yan do hoping to change her life?
(a) She decides to marry Law-ba.
(b) She goes to Menghai to get a job.
(c) She runs away to Hong Kong.
(d) She gives leaves from her special trees to Mr. Huang.

3. What is the ancient road to Tibet called?
(a) Road to Tibet.
(b) The Pu'er Trail.
(c) Tea Horse Road.
(d) Golden Tea Road.

4. Why does Li-yan lie about her dream?
(a) Someone else told her what to say.
(b) She wants to please her family.
(c) She never dreams.
(d) She wants to outdo her brothers.

5. Where do boys and girls go to be alone during Swing Festival?
(a) The Sacred Well.
(b) The Tea Grove.
(c) The Spirit Gate.
(d) The Flower Room.

6. Why does San-pa get into trouble the day he meets Li-yan?
(a) He steals a pancake.
(b) He is rude to A-ba.
(c) He speaks to Li-yan without permission.
(d) He is lazy and does not help his father.

7. What happens to Li-yan when she meets San-pa?
(a) He buys her a pancake.
(b) She is accused of stealing food.
(c) San-pa becomes her best friend.
(d) San-pa teases her because her family is poor.

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

9. What does Li-yan's mother name her granddaughter?
(a) Yan-yeh.
(b) Yan-ma.
(c) Yah-ma.
(d) Yen-ya.

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

11. What does A-ma call her daughter?
(a) Li-yan.
(b) Only Sister.
(c) Girl.
(d) No name.

12. Why does Huang Benyu come to Li-yan's village?
(a) His son is ill and he wants A-ma to heal him.
(b) He wants to learn the herbal secrets of A-ma's healing power.
(c) He wants to participate in the annual Swing Festival.
(d) He wants to buy tea from their village because he has heard it is the best on the mountain.

13. Li-yan is the first in her family to do what?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Own land.
(c) Reach such a high level in primary school.
(d) Witness the birth of a child.

14. 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 the pancake stealer.
(d) He is not a tea grower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Li-yan seated when she goes to second-level school?

2. What tragic event happened in A-ma's tea garden?

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

4. What is the final step the village must take to be cleansed from the taboo of the twins?

5. What taboo does San-pa commit when leaving the village?

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