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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 event in American history does Haley write about?

2. Where does Li-yan work while she is in school in Kunming?

3. Li-yan has to learn to use an indoor toilet and one other modern convenience. What was it?

4. What secret has Li-yan kept from Jin?

5. When Mr. Huang opens one of the special tea cakes made from Li-yan's special trees, what does he find?

Short Essay Questions

1. While Li-yan is visiting her family, what does everyone continually ask her?

2. What is the terrible secret Jin tells Li-yan after he proposes?

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

4. What significant even happens in the house Jin purchased on Shamian Island?

5. What event does Haley write about for her American history class? How does the topic connect her to her mother?

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

7. What does Li-yan think of her first taste of American food?

8. Despite getting a make-over in Los Angeles, how does Li-yan feel?

9. Why does Akha Law require Li-yan to confront Ci-teh in front of the village instead of privately?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did A-ma know that Li-yan would come back to Spring Well? Identify specific text to support A-ma's position.

Essay Topic 2

On the first page of the chapter, A Drinkable Antique, the reader finds out how drastically Li-yan's physical appearance has changed in the eight years she has been in Kunming (165). What social, emotional, or psychological changes do you think she has experienced in addition to the physical changes?

Essay Topic 3

To what is Li-yan referring when she says, "This is mother love" (105). Use specific passages from the text to support your point of view.

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