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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 their bed.
(c) Behind the estate wall.
(d) By the church.

2. How much money does the American woman give to Wang Lung for transporting her in Chapter 11?
(a) 2 gold coins.
(b) 2 silver coins.
(c) 2 pence.
(d) 1 silver coin.

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

4. How many silver dollars does Wang Lung have in his purse when he sets out on his wedding day in Chapter 1?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

5. 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 pretty.
(b) That she not be a good cook.
(c) That she not be hard-working.
(d) That she not be poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items did Wang Lung's father take to the House of Hwang to secure Wang Lung's marriage to their slave-girl?

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

3. What do the noodles signify that Wang Lung's family eats on his son's first month birthday in Chapter 4?

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

5. How many eggs does Wang Lung purchase in town in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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