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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Wang Lung's father went to request a slave as a wife for his son, he requested what trait "above all"?
(a) That she not be poor.
(b) That she not be a good cook.
(c) That she not be pretty.
(d) That she not be hard-working.

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

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

5. What does Wang Lung go to eat before taking his bride from the House of Hwang in Chapter 1?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Noodles.
(c) Bread.
(d) Rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the barber suggest Wang Lung have removed on his wedding day?

2. What animals does Wang Lung observe and consider to be an evil omen in the end of Chapter 7?

3. How many young lords are described at the House of Hwang in Chapter 5?

4. Wang Lung's uncle says to him in Chapter 7, "I am a man of" what?

5. 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?

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