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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described as the color of mourning that Wang Lung and his family wears after O-lan's death?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

2. In O-lan's last words before dying, she says, "Beauty will not" do what?
(a) "Follow one across the bridge."
(b) "Bring prosperity."
(c) "Bear a man sons."
(d) "Live forever."

3. When O-lan summons Cuckoo to her death bed in Chapter 26, she tells her that Cuckoo is what?
(a) "Still a slave."
(b) "A beautiful and faithful maid."
(c) "A lovely girl."
(d) "Like a daughter."

4. How much of Wang Lung's land is said to be "a lake as deep as a man's shoulders and more" during the floods in Chapter 18?
(a) Three-fourths.
(b) Four-fifths.
(c) Two-fifths.
(d) One-half.

5. How old is Wang Lung's female cousin that he and his uncle discuss in Chapter 7?
(a) 22.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is the Western Pagoda said to be in Wang Lung's village in Chapter 18?

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

3. What is Cuckoo's job at the tea house in Chapter 18?

4. For whom does Wang Lung buy a coffin for also when he purchases one for O-lan in Chapter 26?

5. What color robes do the priests from the Taoist temple wear that come to lead O-lan's and Wang Lung's father's funeral?

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