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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. Before the tea trade, Yunnan were called tu, which meant backward. After Pu'er tea rose in value, what did tu mean?

2. What is Jin's ethnicity?

3. Where is Li-yan's baby born?

4. How does Li-yan find out about the crisis regarding fake Pu'er?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Li-yan disappointed in Mrs. Chang?

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

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

4. What is the cause of resentment between Ci-teh and Li-yan?

5. When Li-yan is tasting tea with Tea Master Sun, she compares the experience with what Akha family tradition?

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

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

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

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

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

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

The epigraph on page xi is about the births of a boy and a girl. What can you infer about Chinese culture from this poem? Why do you think the author included it? How does it resonate today?

Essay Topic 3

"The entire way home, I think about what I can do to change my fate" (48). How has Li-yan changed in the first three chapters? What does she believe might be her way out of the village?

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