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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did O-lan live as a child?
(a) Dalian.
(b) Fuzhou.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Shantung.

2. Who suggests that Wang Lung purchase the outer courts of the townhouse to drive out the dirty commoners in Chapter 30?
(a) Wang Lung's uncle.
(b) Wang Lung's eldest son.
(c) Ching.
(d) Wang Lung's youngest son.

3. What does Wang Lung begin referring to his daughter as in Chapter 9?
(a) Pear Blossom.
(b) Poor fool.
(c) Lotus.
(d) Cuckoo.

4. What does Wang Lung promise to the prostitute who has been visited by Wang Lung's son in Chapter 23?
(a) He will give her twice the silver for turning his son away.
(b) He will kill her if his son returns.
(c) He will buy her a home if she turns away his son.
(d) He will send his uncle to please her.

5. What color robes do the priests from the Buddhist temple wear that are summoned for O-lan's funeral?
(a) Gray.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says of Lotus in Chapter 24, "... and with her wide eyes and small mouth she looked more than ever like a plump little" what?

2. What animals does Wang Lung observe and consider to be an evil omen in the end of Chapter 7?

3. Where does O-lan dig a hole for she and Wang Lung to hide their silver in Chapter 4?

4. What does Wang Lung's uncle ask of Wang Lung for his daughter's dowry in Chapter 7?

5. Who relates the news of Wang Lung's family to him after he stops visiting his sons in Chapter 34?

(see the answer key)

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