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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 the name of the mountain where Li-yan lives?
(a) Nannuo.
(b) Spring Well.
(c) Menghai.
(d) Guangzhou.
2. What does Li-yan witness that changes her "irreversibly" (35)?
(a) A fight between Akha men.
(b) The way twins are treated according to Akha Law.
(c) Her mother killing a chicken.
(d) Deh-ja having a baby.
3. Why are twins the worst taboo in Akha culture?
(a) Only animals give birth to litters.
(b) Families are only allowed one child at a time.
(c) Twins are too expensive to raise.
(d) Twins are a bad omen.
4. What happens to Li-yan when she meets San-pa?
(a) He buys her a pancake.
(b) San-pa teases her because her family is poor.
(c) San-pa becomes her best friend.
(d) She is accused of stealing food.
5. What tragic event happened in A-ma's tea garden?
(a) A-ba's father fell and died.
(b) All the tea trees died.
(c) The spirits haunted A-ma.
(d) First Sister-in-law was cursed.
Short Answer Questions
1. From what foreign country is Huang Benyu?
2. What does dreaming of a dog on the roof mean?
3. What is the final step the village must take to be cleansed from the taboo of the twins?
4. Why does Li-yan join the village elders when they talk to Mr. Huang?
5. What is the name of Li-yan's village?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the gaokao?
2. Why does San-pa blame Li-yan for their situation in Thailand?
3. What is a dowry?
4. What makes Li-yan's mother different from the other women of their village and others in the area?
5. Why are Li-yan and San-pa going to Thailand to live instead of staying in China?
6. What is China's One Child policy?
7. Li-yan lies about the dog in her dream. What does the dog on the roof really signify?
8. What does Li-yan do that defies her mother's instructions?
9. Why does Li-yan lie about her dream?
10. Why does Li-yan not go into the Flower Room with boys from her village?
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