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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wang Lung purchase to burn on the eve of the new year in Chapter 5?
(a) Six green candles.
(b) Five blue candles.
(c) Ten red candles.
(d) Two red candles.

2. What does Wang Lung tell O-lan he would do if only it would heal her in Chapter 26?
(a) He would sell his daughters.
(b) He would move into town.
(c) He would leave Lotus.
(d) He would sell all his land.

3. Who washes O-lan's body for burial after her death?
(a) Wang Lung's uncle.
(b) Wang Lung's aunt.
(c) Wang Lung's eldest daughter.
(d) Wang Lung's daughter-in-law.

4. Whom does Wang Lung describe as "the keeper of" Lotus in Chapter 20?
(a) Liu.
(b) Cuckoo.
(c) Nung Wen.
(d) Ching.

5. Who has stolen the pork meat that Wang Lung discovers being cooked in his hut in Chapter 12?
(a) His eldest son.
(b) His younger son.
(c) His daughter.
(d) O-lan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What primary color is worn by the bride and groom at Wang Lung's son's wedding in Chapter 26?

2. 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?

3. How many sleeping mats does Wang Lung purchase to fashion into a hut for his family in the city in Chapter 11?

4. What items did Wang Lung's father take to the House of Hwang to secure Wang Lung's marriage to their slave-girl?

5. What does O-lan say she will do if Cuckoo or Lotus are allowed into her room after she has died in Chapter 26?

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