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

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

3. How many sleeping mats does Wang Lung purchase to fashion into a hut for his family in the city in Chapter 11?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

4. What are the New Year's cakes called that O-lan makes in Chapter 5?
(a) Moon cakes.
(b) Lenten cakes.
(c) Rice cakes.
(d) Sun cakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does Ching give to Wang Lung before Wang's family departs for the south in Chapter 9?

2. How does Wang Lung respond to the news that O-lan is pregnant in Chapter 2?

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

4. What does Wang Lung go to eat before taking his bride from the House of Hwang in Chapter 1?

5. From whom has Wang Lung bought a leg of pork that hangs in his house in Chapter 4?

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