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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the noodles signify that Wang Lung's family eats on his son's first month birthday in Chapter 4?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) A long life.
(c) Peace.
(d) Wisdom.

2. What does Wang Lung say he would buy if he had the riches of the wealthy in Chapter 14?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Land.
(c) Concubines.
(d) Good food.

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

4. What is the crashing sound that Wang Lung's family observes from their hut in Chapter 14?
(a) A bomb exploding by the public kitchen.
(b) A tank rolling into town.
(c) Machine-gun fire.
(d) The enemy breaking down the gate.

5. How much money does Wang Lung take home after his first day of working in the city in Chapter 11?
(a) 2 silver coins.
(b) 5 pence.
(c) 10 silver coins.
(d) A penny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wang Lung do for work when he first arrives in the city in the south in Chapter 11?

2. How many seed beans came up for Wang Lung's uncle of the twenty that he planted this year in Chapter 7?

3. What happened to Wang Lung's uncle's daughters while he and his family were in the city?

4. What is the name of the southern city that Wang Lung's family lives in during the famine in Chapter 11?

5. What are the New Year's cakes called that O-lan makes in Chapter 5?

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