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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the priority in Wang Lung's home when the family is starving in Chapter 9?
(a) Wang Lung's father.
(b) Wang Long's eldest son.
(c) Wang Lung's daughter.
(d) O-lan.

2. What is the one great regret that Wang Lung feels as he departs O-lan's funeral in Chapter 26?
(a) That he sold her daughter.
(b) That he married her.
(c) That he took her pearls from her.
(d) That he moved Lotus into his house.

3. Why does Wang Lung go to confront his uncle's wife in Chapter 7?
(a) Because he hopes to take a second wife.
(b) Because her sons are disrupting the town.
(c) Because he is in love with her.
(d) Because he feels his female cousin should be married off.

4. What does O-lan promise Wang Lung she will do for their youngest daughter in Chapter 18?
(a) Sell her to a merchant.
(b) Cut her hair.
(c) Sell her to a soldier.
(d) Bind her feet.

5. Why does Wang Lung make his eldest sons work in his fields each day in Chapter 17?
(a) So they will not become idle and spoiled.
(b) So they will fear him.
(c) So they will obey him.
(d) So they will become scholars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Wang Lung last saw his eldest son when he comes home to be wed in Chapter 26?

2. What does Wang Lung tell O-lan he would do if only it would heal her in Chapter 26?

3. Where did O-lan live as a child?

4. What does Wang Lung demand from O-lan to give to Lotus in Chapter 19?

5. What does Wang Lung begin referring to his daughter as in Chapter 9?

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