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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What presumably happens to Wang Lung's daughter that is born in Chapter 9?
(a) She is taken by soldiers.
(b) O-lan kills her.
(c) Wang Lung kills her.
(d) She is stillborn.

2. What does Wang Lung purchase to burn on the eve of the new year in Chapter 5?
(a) Two red candles.
(b) Five blue candles.
(c) Ten red candles.
(d) Six green candles.

3. What does Wang Lung define one's land as being in Chapter 5?
(a) "Land is one's road to the future."
(b) "Land is a menacing god."
(c) "Land is one's flesh and blood."
(d) "Land is one's culture and history."

4. How does Wang Lung respond to the news that O-lan is pregnant in Chapter 2?
(a) He is saddened.
(b) He is terrified.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is enraged.

5. From whom has Wang Lung bought a leg of pork that hangs in his house in Chapter 4?
(a) Liu.
(b) Lotus.
(c) Pear Blossom.
(d) Ching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the noodles signify that Wang Lung's family eats on his son's first month birthday in Chapter 4?

2. What is sewn onto the front of the hat that O-lin has made for her son when she goes to the House of Hwang in Chapter 5?

3. What does Wang Lung's father compare drinking tea to in the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. Who turns the villagers against Wang Lung during the hard times after the drought in Chapter 8?

5. Wang Lung's uncle says to him in Chapter 7, "I am a man of" what?

(see the answer key)

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