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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wang Lung say he would buy if he had the riches of the wealthy in Chapter 14?
(a) Good food.
(b) Land.
(c) Concubines.
(d) Jewels.

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

3. What does O-lan say she will do if Cuckoo or Lotus are allowed into her room after she has died in Chapter 26?
(a) She will curse her daughters to slavery.
(b) She will send back her spirit for a curse.
(c) She will arrange for a divorce.
(d) She will have her sister kill everyone.

4. What presumably happens to Wang Lung's daughter that is born in Chapter 9?
(a) She is taken by soldiers.
(b) O-lan kills her.
(c) Wang Lung kills her.
(d) She is stillborn.

5. When Wang Lung's father went to request a slave as a wife for his son, he requested what trait "above all"?
(a) That she not be hard-working.
(b) That she not be poor.
(c) That she not be pretty.
(d) That she not be a good cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does the fellow traveler tell Wang Lung the sleeping mats cost in the city in Chapter 11?

2. What does Wang Lung go to eat before taking his bride from the House of Hwang in Chapter 1?

3. Where does Wang Lung hide when he observes soldiers seizing his fellow laborers from the streets in Chapter 14?

4. Who moves into the quarters where Lotus used to live when Wang Lung's family moves into town in Chapter 29?

5. Who are the first members of Wang Lung's household that are moved to the new townhouse in Chapter 29?

(see the answer key)

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