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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 is the government policy that prohibits laying tea leaves on the ground?

2. When Haley arrives in Yiwu, what customs does she have to get used to?

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

4. Why does Li-yan not have to pay the village elders to bring Deh-ja back with her?

5. Why do Chinese parents not want to adopt children from the Social Welfare Institute?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Li-yan like about talking to Mrs. Chang?

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

Early in the novel, Deh-ja and Ci-do's twins are considered "human rejects" and are treated according to Akha Law. Compare and contrast the shocking nature of this event with the attitude of adoptive parents who consider the children in the Social Welfare Institute "the rubbish of society."

Essay Topic 3

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

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