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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What season has begun in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

3. Of the silk depictions of women on the walls of the tea house, Wang Lung says in Chapter 18, "I thought they were pictures of dream women, of goddesses in the mountain of" where?
(a) Badaling.
(b) Baija.
(c) Kwen Lwen.
(d) Baiyun.

4. What is described in Chapter 1 as the first sound that Wang Lung hears each morning when he awakens?
(a) The ocean waves.
(b) His father's cough.
(c) A train whistle.
(d) A bluebird singing.

5. Who is the grain dealer that Lotus suggests Wang Lung speak to about marrying his son to the grain dealer's daughter in Chapter 23?
(a) Ching.
(b) Nung Wen.
(c) Nung En.
(d) Liu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wang Lung decide to do with his eldest son in the end of Chapter 24?

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

3. What is sewn onto the front of the hat that O-lin has made for her son when she goes to the House of Hwang in Chapter 5?

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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