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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 is every woman expected to do after she gives birth?
(a) Clean her whole house to purify it.
(b) Give sacrifices to please the spirits.
(c) Get up and go back to work.
(d) Bathe her baby.

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

3. Who does A-ma and A-ba hope Li-yan will marry?
(a) Ci-do.
(b) Law-ba.
(c) San-pa.
(d) Ni-ma.

4. Li-yan is the first in her family to do what?
(a) Own land.
(b) Go to school.
(c) Witness the birth of a child.
(d) Reach such a high level in primary school.

5. What is the precious dowry Li-yan will bring to her marriage?
(a) Pigs and chickens.
(b) A house her father will build.
(c) The herbs and medicines her mother uses.
(d) A tea grove passed down through the women in her mother's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Li-yan seated when she goes to second-level school?

2. What is the name of San-pa's home village?

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

4. What does San-pa promise Li-yan?

5. Why is Teacher Zhang sometimes bitter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Li-yan surprised her father asked about her dream?

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

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

5. Why does Li-yan lie about her dream?

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

7. What charms did A-ma give to Li-yan and why?

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

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

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

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