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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who assists O-lan in childbirth in Chapter 3?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Old Mistress Wang.
(c) No one.
(d) Locus.

2. What is the vehicle called that Wang Lung's family takes to the city in the south in Chapter 10?
(a) A rickshaw.
(b) A truck.
(c) A dragon-train.
(d) A fire-wagon.

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

4. How much do each of the eggs cost that Wang Lung purchases after his son is born?
(a) 4 pence.
(b) 1 penny.
(c) 2 pence.
(d) 5 pence.

5. What is the one great regret that Wang Lung feels as he departs O-lan's funeral in Chapter 26?
(a) That he sold her daughter.
(b) That he took her pearls from her.
(c) That he moved Lotus into his house.
(d) That he married her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is a tailor coming from to tend to the daughter of the House of Hwang for her her upcoming wedding in Chapter 5?

2. What is described as the color of mourning that Wang Lung and his family wears after O-lan's death?

3. What suggestion of his eldest son's regarding his uncle does Wang Lung finally agree to in Chapter 27?

4. Where did O-lan live as a child?

5. Under what kind of tree are O-land and Wang Lung's father buried?

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