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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the condition of the infants when they were adopted from the Welfare Institute?

2. How does San-pa die?

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

4. What two characters promise to be friends forever?

5. Why does San-pa get into trouble the day he meets Li-yan?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Li-yan discovers she is pregnant, what is the first thing she does?

2. What is the gaokao?

3. What is a dowry?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is China's One Child policy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the title of the chapter, The Greedy Eyes Of A Tiger, relate to Huang Benyu's visit to the village and to Yan-yeh's birth? Consider the Akha beliefs and culture and what a tiger represents.

Essay Topic 2

In A Waterfall Of Heaven's Tears, the birth of the twins and what happens to them is shocking to Li-yan and to the reader. How does this experience change Li-yan's view of Akha Laws? What are the consequences?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Li-yan's love and concern for her son, Paul, with Mr. Huang's love and concern for his son, Sean. When Li-yan understands why Mr. Huang was so anxious to get tea leaves from the Akha, does it change the way she thinks about him?

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