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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 does Wang Lung vow he must do in the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Sell his daughter into slavery.
(c) Remarry.
(d) Return to his land.

2. 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) Machine-gun fire.
(c) The enemy breaking down the gate.
(d) A tank rolling into town.

3. How much does the fellow traveler tell Wang Lung the sleeping mats cost in the city in Chapter 11?
(a) 1 gold coin each.
(b) 1 penny each.
(c) 2 pence each.
(d) 5 pence each.

4. What does O-lan do with the flier that has been given to Wang Lung by the blue-eyed man in Chapter 14?
(a) She sells it to a neighbor.
(b) She uses it for roofing material.
(c) She sews it into his shoe-soles.
(d) She cooks it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O-lan say she was beaten with daily as a slave in Chapter 14?

2. What does O-lan do with the New Year's cakes she makes in Chapter 5?

3. Which of the jewels does O-lan ask for and keep for herself when she gives the rest to Wang Lung in Chapter 16?

4. From whom has Wang Lung bought a leg of pork that hangs in his house in Chapter 4?

5. What does Wang Lung say he would buy if he had the riches of the wealthy in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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