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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. In what month is the Swing Festival?
(a) February.
(b) September.
(c) November.
(d) April.

2. What does Li-yan's mother name her granddaughter?
(a) Yah-ma.
(b) Yan-yeh.
(c) Yan-ma.
(d) Yen-ya.

3. During Swing Festival, what are Akha boys and girls allowed to do?
(a) Neglect their chores.
(b) Smoke opium.
(c) Visit other villages.
(d) Have intercourse with many partners.

4. What does Teacher Zhang ask A-ba?
(a) To find him a wife.
(b) If Li-yan can receive more education.
(c) If he can marry Li-yan.
(d) If he can pick tea with their family.

5. What happened to baby Yan-yeh aboard the airplane taking her to America?
(a) She stopped breathing and turned blue.
(b) She passed out from lack of food.
(c) She cried all the way to America.
(d) She rolled over for the first time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Li-yan do hoping to change her life?

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

3. What does San-pa's mother give Li-yan to symbolize her acceptance?

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

5. What does A-ma give Li-yan for her headdress?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are Li-yan and San-pa going to Thailand to live instead of staying in China?

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

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

5. Why are men not allowed to see their wives giving birth?

6. What does Li-yan do that defies her mother's instructions?

7. Who is the stranger from Hong Kong and what does he want?

8. How does a couple who want to married pass the incest taboo?

9. Why is it ironic that Li-yan acts as translator for the village elders?

10. What is the Swing Festival?

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