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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what drug does the Old Mistress partake during Wang Long's visit to retrieve his wife in Chapter 1?
(a) Opium.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Cannabis.

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

3. Where does Wang Lung wish to have his second-eldest son apprenticed in Chapter 25?
(a) The Buddhist temple.
(b) The butcher shop.
(c) The blacksmith shop.
(d) The grain market.

4. What does Wang Lung decide to do with his eldest son in the end of Chapter 24?
(a) Send him to America.
(b) Send him north to school.
(c) Send him south to school.
(d) Send him to join the military.

5. The narrator says of Lotus in Chapter 24, "... and with her wide eyes and small mouth she looked more than ever like a plump little" what?
(a) "Cat."
(b) "Wolf."
(c) "Snake."
(d) "Bird."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who moves into the quarters where Lotus used to live when Wang Lung's family moves into town in Chapter 29?

2. What food does O-lan give to her two sons as Wang Lung's family departs for their journey in Chapter 10?

3. 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?

4. What does Cuckoo demand as payment for Lotus to come and live with Wang Lung in Chapter 20?

5. What do Wang Lung and all of the farmers in his village share?

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