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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the mountain where Li-yan lives?
(a) Spring Well.
(b) Guangzhou.
(c) Nannuo.
(d) Menghai.

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

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

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

7. What does San-pa promise Li-yan?
(a) He won't steal love with any other girl.
(b) He won't go to Thailand.
(c) He will come back for her.
(d) He will marry her without permission.

8. What does Li-yan hope to learn from San-pa's mother?
(a) If she will convince San-pa to marry her immediately.
(b) How much money San-pa has saved.
(c) Where to reach San-pa.
(d) If she approves of their marriage.

9. What is the thundering noise that comes from the forest?
(a) Animals running toward the village.
(b) Huang Benyu's car.
(c) A bulldozer.
(d) An earthquake.

10. Li-yan's mother is an important woman in the village because she can do what?
(a) Interpret dreams.
(b) Speak several languages.
(c) Make the best tea.
(d) Tell the best stories.

11. What Chinese government policy gives A-ma the idea of giving Yan-yeh away?
(a) One Child.
(b) The Proletariat.
(c) The Gaokao.
(d) One Gulp.

12. What is the precious dowry Li-yan will bring to her marriage?
(a) A tea grove passed down through the women in her mother's family.
(b) A house her father will build.
(c) The herbs and medicines her mother uses.
(d) Pigs and chickens.

13. What is the celebration Li-yan's family hosts during her wedding?
(a) Adorn the Headdress.
(b) Tea Harvesting.
(c) The Pig Sacrifice.
(d) Fill the Carry Basket.

14. Why does A-ba not think Li-yan needs more education?
(a) He cannot afford the tuition.
(b) He will not let her leave the village.
(c) She has to teach her siblings.
(d) She has to learn wife and mother responsibilities and pick tea.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A-ma recommends Huang Benyu go to Yiwa to find someone? Who is it?

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

4. When Li-yan finds San-pa sleeping in the street at Menghai, what does she realize he has taken?

5. Who does Li-yan meet outside the Menghai Social Welfare Institute?

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