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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wang Lung vow he must do in the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Return to his land.
(b) Sell his daughter into slavery.
(c) Remarry.
(d) Kill himself.

2. 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 public kitchen.
(c) By his hut.
(d) By the Confucian temple.

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

4. What items did Wang Lung's father take to the House of Hwang to secure Wang Lung's marriage to their slave-girl?
(a) A watch and a necklace.
(b) Two rings and a pair of earrings.
(c) A silk dress and a pair of stockings.
(d) A pair of shoes and a ladle.

5. What does Wang Lung do for work when he first arrives in the city in the south in Chapter 11?
(a) He works at a butcher shop.
(b) He pulls a rickshaw.
(c) He sells newspapers.
(d) He works at the public kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sticks of incense does Wang Lung burn at the temple of the earth after his son is born in Chapter 4?

2. Who assists O-lan in childbirth in Chapter 3?

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

4. How much do each of the eggs cost that Wang Lung purchases after his son is born?

5. Which of the jewels does O-lan ask for and keep for herself when she gives the rest to Wang Lung in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who brings Wang Lung's wife to him in Chapter 1? How is this character described?

2. What about Wang Lung's uncle's family vexes Wang Lung in Chapter 7?

3. How has Wang Lung's fate changed in Chapter 8? How does he respond to this change of fate?

4. Where do Wang Lung and O-lan go on the second day of the New Year in Chapter 5?

5. What conflict occurs between Wang Lung and his aunt in Chapter 7?

6. How does Wang Lung's uncle respond when Wang Lung yells at him in Chapter 7?

7. What does Wang Lung vow to do in regards to his land in Chapter 6?

8. What actions are taken after O-lan gives birth to a son in Chapter 4? Why?

9. How does Wang Lung respond when he discovers O-lan's jewels in Chapter 16?

10. What information does Ching relate to Wang Lung when he returns to his land in Chapter 15?

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