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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wang Lung define one's land as being in Chapter 5?
(a) "Land is a menacing god."
(b) "Land is one's flesh and blood."
(c) "Land is one's road to the future."
(d) "Land is one's culture and history."

2. How many sticks of incense does Wang Lung burn at the temple of the earth after his son is born in Chapter 4?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

4. Where does Cuckoo say Lotus is from in Chapter 18?
(a) Soochow.
(b) Anhwei.
(c) Dalian.
(d) Kiangsu.

5. What name does the schoolmaster give to Wang Lung's second-eldest son in Chapter 17?
(a) Ching.
(b) Nung En.
(c) Nung Wen.
(d) Liu.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many pieces of silver does Wang Lung give to his aunt for arranging his purchase of Lotus?

4. Wang Lung says in Chapter 20, "When a man's house is full of wild dogs he must" do what?

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

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