View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In O-lan's last words before dying, she says, "Beauty will not" do what?
(a) "Bring prosperity."
(b) "Bear a man sons."
(c) "Live forever."
(d) "Follow one across the bridge."

2. What primary color is worn by the bride and groom at Wang Lung's son's wedding in Chapter 26?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

3. How many seed beans came up for Wang Lung's uncle of the twenty that he planted this year in Chapter 7?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

4. What happened to Wang Lung's uncle's daughters while he and his family were in the city?
(a) They were murdered.
(b) They were sold.
(c) They starved to death.
(d) They committed suicide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wang Lung begin referring to his daughter as in Chapter 9?

2. How old is Wang Lung's female cousin that he and his uncle discuss in Chapter 7?

3. How many young lords are described at the House of Hwang in Chapter 5?

4. What does the barber suggest Wang Lung have removed on his wedding day?

5. What does O-lan do with the flier that has been given to Wang Lung by the blue-eyed man in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 239 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample