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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of tea is Mr. Huang looking for?
(a) Pu'er Tea.
(b) Pure Tea.
(c) Purr Tea.
(d) Fermented Tea.

2. Why does Li-yan join the village elders when they talk to Mr. Huang?
(a) Her brothers refuse to attend the meeting.
(b) She has to translate.
(c) A-ma asked her to spy on the men.
(d) She has become the most important woman in the village.

3. What type of government did Chairman Mao establish in China?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Proletarianism.
(d) Communism.

4. How many days are in one Akha cycle of days?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. Who does Li-yan meet outside the Menghai Social Welfare Institute?
(a) Ci-do.
(b) Deh-ja.
(c) A-ma.
(d) Ci-teh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do boys and girls go to be alone during Swing Festival?

2. What language do the children in Teacher Zhang's school want to learn?

3. What is the order of importance for people in the village?

4. A-ma recommends Huang Benyu go to Yiwa to find someone? Who is it?

5. What does Li-yan's father learn when they arrive at the tea collection center?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Li-yan's mother different from the other women of their village and others in the area?

2. What happens to Ci-do and Deh-ja as a result of Deh-ja having twins?

3. To whom does the term 'human rejects' refer?

4. What is a dowry?

5. What is the Swing Festival?

6. How does Teacher Zhang try to help Li-yan?

7. What are the two types of tea Mr. Huang tries to develop?

8. Identify three superstitions and how they affect Akha life in the village.

9. What taboo act does San-pa commit when leaving Li-yan's village?

10. Why does Li-yan not go into the Flower Room with boys from her village?

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