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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wang Lung's eldest son suggest they kill his uncle and his family in Chapter 27?
(a) By drowning them.
(b) By shooting them.
(c) By poisoning them.
(d) By stabbing them.

2. To whom does Wang Lung turn over all his financial matters in Chapter 30?
(a) His second eldest son.
(b) His youngest daughter.
(c) His eldest daughter.
(d) His uncle.

3. Who is the slave that Wang Lung's youngest son asks for in Chapter 32?
(a) Lotus.
(b) Pear Blossom.
(c) White Lily.
(d) Cuckoo.

4. Where does Cuckoo say Lotus is from in Chapter 18?
(a) Kiangsu.
(b) Soochow.
(c) Dalian.
(d) Anhwei.

5. Who relates the news of Wang Lung's family to him after he stops visiting his sons in Chapter 34?
(a) Ching.
(b) Wang Lung's aunt.
(c) Wang Lung's uncle.
(d) Cuckoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O-lan refuse to leave out for Cuckoo in the mornings in Chapter 21?

2. Whom does Wang Lung's second-eldest son say his older brother has been going out with at night in Chapter 23?

3. What is the crashing sound that Wang Lung's family observes from their hut in Chapter 14?

4. What does O-lan remark to Wang Lung about the child she has just given birth to in Chapter 7?

5. Who purchases a coffin for Wang Lung as he approaches death in Chapter 34?

(see the answer key)

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