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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 the barber suggest Wang Lung have removed on his wedding day?
(a) His braid.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His nose-ring.
(d) His earrings.

2. How many seed beans came up for Wang Lung's uncle of the twenty that he planted this year in Chapter 7?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

3. What does Wang Lung do for work when he first arrives in the city in the south in Chapter 11?
(a) He sells newspapers.
(b) He pulls a rickshaw.
(c) He works at the public kitchen.
(d) He works at a butcher shop.

4. How much money does it cost to go to a public kitchen for rice gruel in the city in the south in Chapter 11?
(a) A silver coin.
(b) A penny.
(c) 5 pence.
(d) 2 pence.

5. Who assists O-lan in childbirth in Chapter 3?
(a) Old Mistress Wang.
(b) No one.
(c) Locus.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What presumably happens to Wang Lung's daughter that is born in Chapter 9?

3. How old is Wang Lung's female cousin that he and his uncle discuss in Chapter 7?

4. Who makes the hut from the mats that Wang Lung buys in the city in Chapter 11?

5. What does Wang Lung purchase to burn on the eve of the new year in Chapter 5?

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