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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the American woman ask Wang Lung to transport her in Chapter 11?
(a) The Street of Bridges.
(b) The Emperor's estate.
(c) The Confucian temple.
(d) The Street of Temples.

2. 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 a good cook.
(b) That she not be hard-working.
(c) That she not be pretty.
(d) That she not be poor.

3. What is the name of Wang Lung's nearest neighbor that he regrets not having brought with him when he faces the House of Hwang in Chapter 1?
(a) Ching.
(b) Pear Blossom.
(c) Lotus.
(d) Liu.

4. What color is the suit that Wang Lung wears on his wedding day?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

5. How does Wang Lung respond to the news that O-lan is pregnant in Chapter 2?
(a) He is enraged.
(b) He is saddened.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is terrified.

6. From whom has Wang Lung bought a leg of pork that hangs in his house in Chapter 4?
(a) Liu.
(b) Pear Blossom.
(c) Lotus.
(d) Ching.

7. How much money does the American woman give to Wang Lung for transporting her in Chapter 11?
(a) 1 silver coin.
(b) 2 gold coins.
(c) 2 pence.
(d) 2 silver coins.

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

9. What does Wang Lung purchase to dye the eggs with in Chapter 4?
(a) Red paper.
(b) Saffron.
(c) Hen's blood.
(d) Red food dye.

10. What is the crashing sound that Wang Lung's family observes from their hut in Chapter 14?
(a) Machine-gun fire.
(b) The enemy breaking down the gate.
(c) A tank rolling into town.
(d) A bomb exploding by the public kitchen.

11. Where does Wang Lung hide when he observes soldiers seizing his fellow laborers from the streets in Chapter 14?
(a) A hot water shop.
(b) A temple.
(c) A butcher shop.
(d) A pipe store.

12. What is depicted on the second flier that Wang Lung is given in Chapter 14?
(a) Buddha.
(b) A fat man stabbing a starving man.
(c) A street paved with gold.
(d) Jesus Christ.

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

14. Where does Wang Lung first observe young men in the city speaking of revolution in Chapter 11?
(a) By the city wall.
(b) By the Confucian temple.
(c) By his hut.
(d) By the public kitchen.

15. What statement does O-lan make regarding the rich in Chapter 16?
(a) "The rich are always afraid."
(b) "The rich are delicate."
(c) "The rich are always overbearing."
(d) "The rich are welcome anywhere."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O-lan say she was beaten with daily as a slave in Chapter 14?

2. What is sewn onto the front of the hat that O-lin has made for her son when she goes to the House of Hwang in Chapter 5?

3. Of what drug does the Old Mistress partake during Wang Long's visit to retrieve his wife in Chapter 1?

4. What does Wang Lung define one's land as being in Chapter 5?

5. Whom does O-lan suggest Wang Lung buy land from instead of from the House of Hwang in Chapter 5?

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