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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Lotus befriend, much to Wang Lung's discouragement in Chapter 21?
(a) O-lan.
(b) Wang Lung's youngest son.
(c) Wang Lung's aunt.
(d) Ching.

2. Which of the jewels does O-lan ask for and keep for herself when she gives the rest to Wang Lung in Chapter 16?
(a) A sapphire necklace.
(b) Two pearls.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) A diamond ring.

3. What does Cuckoo demand as payment for Lotus to come and live with Wang Lung in Chapter 20?
(a) 20 pieces of gold.
(b) 200 pieces of silver.
(c) 30 pieces of silver.
(d) 100 pieces of silver.

4. Who makes the hut from the mats that Wang Lung buys in the city in Chapter 11?
(a) Pear Blossom.
(b) Lotus.
(c) O-lan.
(d) Wang Lung.

5. What is described as the color of mourning that Wang Lung and his family wears after O-lan's death?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many seed beans came up for Wang Lung's uncle of the twenty that he planted this year in Chapter 7?

3. How old is Wang Lung's eldest son when Wang sends him to be educated?

4. Why does Wang Lung stop visiting his sons in Chapter 34?

5. What does Wang Lung purchase for the "goddess of mercy" after his grandson is born in Chapter 29?

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