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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wang Lung purchase to dye the eggs with in Chapter 4?
(a) Hen's blood.
(b) Red paper.
(c) Red food dye.
(d) Saffron.

2. What does Wang Lung's aunt say Lotus "reeks of" when she helps her into her chambers in Chapter 20?
(a) "Oil and wine."
(b) "Sweat and men."
(c) "Onions and garlic."
(d) "Perfume and paint."

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

4. What does Wang Lung vow he must do in the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Return to his land.
(c) Remarry.
(d) Sell his daughter into slavery.

5. What does O-lan do with the flier that has been given to Wang Lung by the blue-eyed man in Chapter 14?
(a) She cooks it.
(b) She uses it for roofing material.
(c) She sells it to a neighbor.
(d) She sews it into his shoe-soles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Lotus befriend, much to Wang Lung's discouragement in Chapter 21?

2. Where does Wang Lung hide when he observes soldiers seizing his fellow laborers from the streets in Chapter 14?

3. Why does Wang Lung not turn away his uncle in Chapter 20?

4. How many pieces of silver does Wang Lung give to his aunt for arranging his purchase of Lotus?

5. What image is depicted on the flier that the blue-eyed man gives to Wang Lung in Chapter 14?

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