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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 does Ci-teh say when Li-yan enter her house in Part IV?

2. Where does Li-yan visit as soon as she returns to Spring Well?

3. What does Mrs. Chang do for a living?

4. Who does Li-yan find sitting outside her darkened tea shop in Part IV?

5. What is in the package Jin gives Li-yan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What are the three secrets Li-yan tells Jin about her past?

10. Why does A-ma tell Li-yan to follow Akha Laws?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On page 211, Haley writes a sentence for each spelling word on the page. What do sentences 5, 6, and 20 have in common? What can you learn about Haley from the content of those three sentences?

Essay Topic 2

What does ceremony which includes the chicken, the goat, and a coin represent, and why does Li-yan not explain its significance to Jin?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast how Li-yan's feelings about her inheritance of the tea grove have developed and changed over the course of the novel. What effect has Li-yan's perspective had on her relationship with her mother?

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