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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wang Lung's aunt say Lotus "reeks of" when she helps her into her chambers in Chapter 20?
(a) "Perfume and paint."
(b) "Onions and garlic."
(c) "Oil and wine."
(d) "Sweat and men."

2. Where does Wang Lung wish to have his second-eldest son apprenticed in Chapter 25?
(a) The blacksmith shop.
(b) The grain market.
(c) The butcher shop.
(d) The Buddhist temple.

3. How old is Wang Lung's eldest son when Wang sends him to be educated?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

4. Who comes to tell Wang Lung that his grandson has been born in Chapter 29?
(a) Wang Lung's father.
(b) Lotus.
(c) Wang Lung's aunt.
(d) Wang Lung's uncle.

5. Who moves into the quarters where Lotus used to live when Wang Lung's family moves into town in Chapter 29?
(a) Wang Lung's father.
(b) Wang Lung's youngest son.
(c) Wang Lung's uncle.
(d) The poor fool.

6. How far away does the maid live that is arranged to marry Wang Lung's second-eldest son in Chapter 29?
(a) 1 village away.
(b) 3 villages away.
(c) In the town where Wang Lung lives.
(d) 500 miles away.

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

8. How much of Wang Lung's land is said to be "a lake as deep as a man's shoulders and more" during the floods in Chapter 18?
(a) Three-fourths.
(b) Two-fifths.
(c) One-half.
(d) Four-fifths.

9. What name does the schoolmaster give to Wang Lung's second-eldest son in Chapter 17?
(a) Nung En.
(b) Nung Wen.
(c) Liu.
(d) Ching.

10. How old is the daughter of the grain merchant that Wang Lung seeks for his eldest son's bride in Chapter 23?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

11. Who is the grain dealer that Lotus suggests Wang Lung speak to about marrying his son to the grain dealer's daughter in Chapter 23?
(a) Nung Wen.
(b) Nung En.
(c) Liu.
(d) Ching.

12. Why has the price of grain risen in Chapter 31?
(a) Because of a new merchant.
(b) Because of a famine.
(c) Because of a war.
(d) Because of a flood.

13. 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 eldest son.
(b) Ching.
(c) Wang Lung's youngest son.
(d) Wang Lung's uncle.

14. Whom does Wang Lung describe as "the keeper of" Lotus in Chapter 20?
(a) Cuckoo.
(b) Ching.
(c) Liu.
(d) Nung Wen.

15. By what name does Wang Lung's young cousin the soldier refer to Lotus in Chapter 31?
(a) "Rough Hind."
(b) "Old Courtesan."
(c) "White Flower."
(d) "Old Mistress."

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Wang Lung and all of the farmers in his village share?

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

3. Whom does Wang Lung order to arrange the matter of renting a house in town for his family to move to in Chapter 29?

4. What does Cuckoo demand as payment for Lotus to come and live with Wang Lung in Chapter 20?

5. What does Wang Lung decide to do with his eldest son in the end of Chapter 24?

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