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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 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?
(a) A lion.
(b) A Buddha figure.
(c) A dancing tiger.
(d) A monkey.

2. Where does O-lan dig a hole for she and Wang Lung to hide their silver in Chapter 4?
(a) By the baby's bed.
(b) Behind the estate wall.
(c) Behind their bed.
(d) By the church.

3. What food does Ching give to Wang Lung before Wang's family departs for the south in Chapter 9?
(a) Rice bowls.
(b) Dried beans.
(c) Bone broth.
(d) Water chestnuts.

4. Who makes the hut from the mats that Wang Lung buys in the city in Chapter 11?
(a) Lotus.
(b) Wang Lung.
(c) O-lan.
(d) Pear Blossom.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How much money does the American woman give to Wang Lung for transporting her in Chapter 11?

5. How is Wang Lung's uncle's wife described in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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