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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Wang Lung first observe young men in the city speaking of revolution in Chapter 11?
(a) By his hut.
(b) By the public kitchen.
(c) By the city wall.
(d) By the Confucian temple.

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

3. When O-lan summons Cuckoo to her death bed in Chapter 26, she tells her that Cuckoo is what?
(a) "A lovely girl."
(b) "Still a slave."
(c) "Like a daughter."
(d) "A beautiful and faithful maid."

4. Of what drug does the Old Mistress partake during Wang Long's visit to retrieve his wife in Chapter 1?
(a) Opium.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Cannabis.
(d) Tobacco.

5. How much money does it cost to go to a public kitchen for rice gruel in the city in the south in Chapter 11?
(a) A silver coin.
(b) A penny.
(c) 5 pence.
(d) 2 pence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the grain merchant live that Wang Lung has betrothed his eldest son to in Chapter 25?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 23, "When there was a thing to be done, Cuckoo smelled the money in it as a rat smells" what?

3. How long has it been since Wang Lung last saw his eldest son when he comes home to be wed in Chapter 26?

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

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

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