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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Li-yan think about American food when she went to dinner with Jin?
(a) It is served too hot.
(b) The portions are too big.
(c) There is not enough salt.
(d) Too rich and too much cow.

2. What does Ci-teh say when Li-yan enter her house in Part IV?
(a) "I wondered how long it would take you to get here."
(b) "Did you hear about the tea market?"
(c) "I tried to call you many times."
(d) "What are you doing here?"

3. What work practice surprises Li-yan?
(a) Getting paid for working.
(b) Taking a lunch break.
(c) Taking a vacation.
(d) Working on a computer.

4. What gift does Jin give Li-yan when they first meet?
(a) A dinner invitation.
(b) Rare tea seeds.
(c) A red lacquer box with tea inside.
(d) Hair combs.

5. Why do Chinese parents not want to adopt children from the Social Welfare Institute?
(a) They have special needs and are considered the rubbish of society.
(b) They are considered human rejects.
(c) They have terminal diseases.
(d) They are from the poor mountain tribes.

6. What organization do the Davis family join to help Haley adjust to life in America?
(a) Families with Children from China.
(b) Chinese Children in America.
(c) From China to America.
(d) Adopted Children from China.

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

8. When Mr. Huang opens one of the special tea cakes made from Li-yan's special trees, what does he find?
(a) Flecks of yellow.
(b) A worm.
(c) Opium.
(d) Green leaves.

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

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

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

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

13. How does Li-yan find out about the crisis regarding fake Pu'er?
(a) Watching a television show.
(b) Ci-teh calls her.
(c) Mrs. Chang calls Jin.
(d) A reporter calls her.

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

15. What modern convenience did Li-yan find so fascinating it was almost taken away from her?
(a) The electric light.
(b) Television.
(c) The toaster.
(d) A shower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tea Master Sun pour water over the tea leaves and then pour the water out?

2. Where does Li-yan work while she is in school in Kunming?

3. What does Ci-teh do when the tea prices crash?

4. When Xian-rong visits Li-yan's tea shop with his father, what does he call Li-yan?

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

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