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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wang Lung stop visiting his sons in Chapter 34?
(a) He is too ashamed to face them.
(b) He lusts after their wives.
(c) He feels like an outsider in their courts.
(d) He has come to hate them.

2. Of the silk depictions of women on the walls of the tea house, Wang Lung says in Chapter 18, "I thought they were pictures of dream women, of goddesses in the mountain of" where?
(a) Baija.
(b) Kwen Lwen.
(c) Badaling.
(d) Baiyun.

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 send back her spirit for a curse.
(b) She will curse her daughters to slavery.
(c) She will arrange for a divorce.
(d) She will have her sister kill everyone.

4. How long after O-lan's death is her burial arranged to take place?
(a) 3 months later.
(b) 2 weeks later.
(c) 5 months later.
(d) 4 days later.

5. How old is Wang Lung's female cousin that he and his uncle discuss in Chapter 7?
(a) 19.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the New Year's cakes called that O-lan makes in Chapter 5?

2. Who stays with Wang Lung on his land before they depart to move into the townhouse in Chapter 29?

3. How old is Wang Lung's eldest son in Chapter 24?

4. Who comes to tell Wang Lung that his grandson has been born in Chapter 29?

5. What items did Wang Lung's father take to the House of Hwang to secure Wang Lung's marriage to their slave-girl?

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