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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's father compare drinking tea to in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Eating grapes.
(b) Drinking wine.
(c) Drinking wax.
(d) Eating silver.

2. Whom does O-lan suggest Wang Lung buy land from instead of from the House of Hwang in Chapter 5?
(a) Ching.
(b) Wang Lung's uncle.
(c) Liu.
(d) Wang Lung's father.

3. What does O-lan do with the New Year's cakes she makes in Chapter 5?
(a) She eats them all.
(b) She feeds them to the poor.
(c) She gives them to her family.
(d) She gives them to Old Mistress Hwang as a gift.

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

5. What is the name of the southern city that Wang Lung's family lives in during the famine in Chapter 11?
(a) Dalian.
(b) Anhwei.
(c) Fuzhou.
(d) Kiangsu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wang Lung define one's land as being in Chapter 5?

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

3. How is Wang Lung's uncle's wife described in Chapter 4?

4. Why does Wang Lung go to confront his uncle's wife in Chapter 7?

5. How many children does Wang Lung's uncle have in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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