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

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

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

5. In what month is the Swing Festival?
(a) February.
(b) November.
(c) April.
(d) September.

6. What taboo does San-pa commit when leaving the village?
(a) He argues with A-ba.
(b) He backs into the spirit gate.
(c) He spits on the ground.
(d) He doesn't bow to A-ma.

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

8. From what foreign country is Huang Benyu?
(a) Siam.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Burma.
(d) Hong Kong.

9. How many nights does Li-yan and San-pa's wedding last?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is the order of importance for people in the village?
(a) The headman, fathers, mothers, boys, girls.
(b) The headman, grandfathers, fathers, males of any age, women.
(c) Grandparents, parents, male children, female children.
(d) Father, oldest son, mother, other sons.