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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Wang Lung demand from O-lan to give to Lotus in Chapter 19?
(a) Her silver ring.
(b) Her sapphire necklace.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her pearls.

3. What does O-lan promise Wang Lung she will do for their youngest daughter in Chapter 18?
(a) Cut her hair.
(b) Bind her feet.
(c) Sell her to a merchant.
(d) Sell her to a soldier.

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

5. Where does Wang Lung hide when he observes soldiers seizing his fellow laborers from the streets in Chapter 14?
(a) A hot water shop.
(b) A pipe store.
(c) A butcher shop.
(d) A temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who turns the villagers against Wang Lung during the hard times after the drought in Chapter 8?

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

3. What does Wang Lung promise to the prostitute who has been visited by Wang Lung's son in Chapter 23?

4. Whom does O-lan suggest Wang Lung buy land from instead of from the House of Hwang in Chapter 5?

5. What name does the schoolmaster give to Wang Lung's eldest son in Chapter 17?

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