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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. Where does Li-yan work while she is in school in Kunming?
(a) A tea importer.
(b) King World Studios.
(c) The Marriott Hotel.
(d) The King World Hotel.

2. What is the name of Li-yan's teashop?
(a) Bright Blossom.
(b) Moonflower Teashop.
(c) Midnight Blossom.
(d) Spring Well Teashop.

3. When Li-yan finds out she is pregnant, what does she hope for?
(a) Twins.
(b) A boy.
(c) A healthy baby.
(d) A girl.

4. Where does Li-yan visit as soon as she returns to Spring Well?
(a) The ruma.
(b) A-ma's house.
(c) The tea grove.
(d) Ci-teh's house.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jin's ethnicity?

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

3. How did the Red Guard trick five-year-old Jin into giving them his father's books?

4. Who comes into Li-yan's shop unexpectedly in Part IV?

5. How does Tea Master Sun determine his tea has brewed 15 seconds?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jin keep his wealth a secret from Li-yan?

2. While Ci-teh helps Li-yan get dressed for her wedding ceremony, what does she keep asking that irritates Li-yan?

3. Why did Li-yan's family conduct a spiritual incantation over Jin?

4. Why is Li-yan so upset by Mr. Huang's arrival at her teashop?

5. When Li-yan opens her tea shop, where does her tea come from?

6. The term 'tu' referring to the hill tribes was an insult meaning they were backward. How has the meaning of 'tu' changed in the chapter A Drinkable Antique?

7. Describe Mr. Huang's feelings toward his son, Xian-rong.

8. Why does Mr. Huang make Li-yan feel uncomfortable?

9. How does Li-yan know her parents approve of her marriage to Jin?

10. What matters to Mr. Huang more than tea, even the tea in Li-yan's secret grove?

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