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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the government policy that prohibits laying tea leaves on the ground?
(a) Cultural Revolution.
(b) No Change Policy.
(c) Quality Safety Standard.
(d) Pure Tea Standard.

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

3. Where does Li-yan go each day after work?
(a) The Martyrs' Memorial Garden.
(b) The Revolution Memorial.
(c) The Villas at the Park.
(d) Blossom Park.

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

5. What event in American history does Haley write about?
(a) The Stamp Act.
(b) The Boston Tea Party.
(c) The Louisiana Purchase.
(d) The Civil War.

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

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

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

9. Li-yan is surprised by the changes to what village?
(a) Singapore.
(b) Menghai.
(c) Spring Well.
(d) Bamboo Forest.

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

11. When Li-yan returns to her village after working in Guangzhou, how are some of the people dressed?
(a) In jeans and t-shirts.
(b) In suits and dresses.
(c) In leather jackets.
(d) In traditional ceremonial clothing.

12. What does Haley say to her friends in the note she writes?
(a) She asks why they are being so mean.
(b) She wants to run away.
(c) She invites them to her upcoming birthday party.
(d) She asks why they cheated from her test paper.

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

14. While Li-yan is on her honeymoon, who is running her tea shop?
(a) Mr. Huang.
(b) Deh-ja.
(c) Ci-teh.
(d) Mrs. Chang.

15. Jin tells Li-yan he is going to Los Angeles. Where does he really go?
(a) Spring Well village.
(b) Singapore.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Shamian Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the tea trade, Yunnan were called tu, which meant backward. After Pu'er tea rose in value, what did tu mean?

2. What aphorism does Li-yan recite to Deh-ja when she finds her at the Social Welfare Institute?

3. Where is Li-yan's baby born?

4. What does the nima rub on Li-yan and Ci-teh's foreheads before he starts his ceremony?

5. Where does Li-yan get all the tea she drinks?

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