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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jin propose to Li-yan?
(a) In her village.
(b) In the house he purchased on Shamian Island.
(c) In Martyr's Memorial Garden.
(d) In her teashop.

2. Why does Tea Master Sun pour water over the tea leaves and then pour the water out?
(a) To wash the leaves.
(b) To heat the tea leaves.
(c) To heat the tea cup.
(d) To rinse the tea cup.

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 yelled at him.
(d) They gave him a piece of candy.

4. What official document does Jin tell Li-yan to obtain?
(a) A driver's license.
(b) A birth certificate.
(c) A passport.
(d) A visa.

5. What aphorism does Li-yan recite to Deh-ja when she finds her at the Social Welfare Institute?
(a) No coincidence, no story.
(b) You can always go home.
(c) Tall trees catch much wind.
(d) A beautiful flower blooms even in dirt.

6. Complete this aphorism. "The bird that stand out ...
(a) is easily shot.
(b) sings the loudest.
(c) is cooked for dinner.
(d) has beautiful feathers.

7. What does Ci-teh plan to plant in the villages instead of tea?
(a) Coffee and cocoa.
(b) Coffee and rubber.
(c) Poppies and rubber.
(d) Rubber and hemp.

8. Where does Li-yan visit as soon as she returns to Spring Well?
(a) The ruma.
(b) Ci-teh's house.
(c) The tea grove.
(d) A-ma's house.

9. Where does Li-yan work while she is in school in Kunming?
(a) A tea importer.
(b) The King World Hotel.
(c) King World Studios.
(d) The Marriott Hotel.

10. From what did Jin's father die?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A serious beating.
(d) Starvation.

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

12. Where is Li-yan's baby born?
(a) Pasadena.
(b) Spring Well.
(c) Beverly Hills.
(d) Guangzhou.

13. When Li-yan finds out she is pregnant, what does she hope for?
(a) A boy.
(b) Twins.
(c) A girl.
(d) A healthy baby.

14. When the tea market falls apart, where does Li-yan go?
(a) to Tea Master Sun.
(b) To Singapore.
(c) To her village.
(d) To Menghai.

15. When Haley arrives in Yiwu, what customs does she have to get used to?
(a) Squat toilets, using toilet paper for napkins, and spitting bones on the floor.
(b) Using toilet paper for napkins.
(c) Spitting bones on the floor.
(d) Squat toilets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ci-teh say when Li-yan enter her house in Part IV?

2. How long does an Akha widow have to wait before she can remarry?

3. When Mr. Huang opens one of the special tea cakes made from Li-yan's special trees, what does he find?

4. How many times does Jin have to ask A-ba for permission to marry Li-yan?

5. Why does Li-yan not have to pay the village elders to bring Deh-ja back with her?

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