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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Li-yan when she applies to her trade school's tea program?
(a) 26.
(b) 35.
(c) 21.
(d) 30.

2. What does Mrs. Chang do for a living?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Works in a hotel.
(c) Teaches philosophy.
(d) English teacher.

3. How did the Red Guard trick five-year-old Jin into giving them his father's books?
(a) They took him for a ride in a jeep.
(b) They gave him a hat.
(c) They gave him a piece of candy.
(d) They yelled at him.

4. Li-yan has to learn to use an indoor toilet and one other modern convenience. What was it?
(a) A microwave.
(b) The oven.
(c) A dishwasher.
(d) The shower.

5. What is Jin's ethnicity?
(a) Tao.
(b) Dai.
(c) Han minority.
(d) Han majority.

6. What type of water should be used to make tea?
(a) Salt water.
(b) Tap water.
(c) Spring water.
(d) Well water.

7. Ci-teh is the first in Spring Well to get what modern convenience?
(a) Indoor plumbing.
(b) A car.
(c) Electricity.
(d) A cell phone.

8. During their New Year's celebration, for what does Li-yan thank Mrs. Chang?
(a) Giving her tea.
(b) Showing her how to ride the subway.
(c) Making friends with a stranger.
(d) Taking her to dinner.

9. How many people are at Jin and Li-yan's wedding?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

10. When Xian-rong visits Li-yan's tea shop with his father, what does he call Li-yan?
(a) Girl.
(b) A-ma.
(c) Sister.
(d) Auntie.

11. What is in the package Jin gives Li-yan?
(a) A new headdress.
(b) A belt buckle, earrings, breastplate, and necklaces.
(c) A headdress, a wedding skirt, a belt buckle, earrings, breastplate and necklaces.
(d) A traditional wedding skirt.

12. Where did Jin and his parents live when he was young?
(a) Clear River.
(b) Bamboo Forest.
(c) Moon Pond.
(d) Dark Forest.

13. When Li-yan wants to get pregnant, who does she call to?
(a) A-ma Mata.
(b) The spirit of the mother tree.
(c) The three child-maker spirits.
(d) The water giver.

14. Why does Li-yan not have to pay the village elders to bring Deh-ja back with her?
(a) No one recognizes her.
(b) China's policy about twins has changed.
(c) Ci-do gives his permission.
(d) Deh-ja performs a cleansing ritual.

15. Who does Li-yan find sitting outside her darkened tea shop in Part IV?
(a) Ci-teh.
(b) Mr. Chow.
(c) Xian-rong.
(d) Deh-ja.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ci-teh plan to plant in the villages instead of tea?

2. When Li-yan returns to her village after working in Guangzhou, how are some of the people dressed?

3. What does Haley say to her friends in the note she writes?

4. What was the name of the tea master who came into the room during Li-yan's interview?

5. Why do Chinese parents not want to adopt children from the Social Welfare Institute?

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