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

2. Ci-teh is the first in Spring Well to get what modern convenience?

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

4. What does Haley say to her friends in the note she writes?

5. What gift does Jin give Li-yan when they first meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does one of the trade school examiners tell Li-yan she does not have a chance of getting into the program?

8. Why has Li-yan's family abandoned some of their traditions?

9. How has Li-yan's relationship with Ci-teh changed?

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

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

"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?

Essay Topic 3

How does Li-yan react when she sees the land she will inherit? Why is the land important to A-ma? Does Li-yan have the same perspective about the land? Why or why not?

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