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

2. What does Wang Lung say to the rich man after taking his gold during the riot in Chapter 14?
(a) "I did not mean to disturb you."
(b) "Out of my sight, lest I kill you for a fat worm!"
(c) "I do not know who you are. I do not care."
(d) "Thank you, for lest my family will starve."

3. How much money does Wang Lung pay for the cost of transporting his family to the city in the south in Chapter 11?
(a) Less than 2 silver coins.
(b) 5 silver coins.
(c) 2 gold coins.
(d) About 20 silver coins.

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

5. What does Wang Lung go to eat before taking his bride from the House of Hwang in Chapter 1?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Rice.
(c) Noodles.
(d) Bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wang Lung purchase to burn on the eve of the new year in Chapter 5?

2. What does Wang Lung's father compare drinking tea to in the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. How many children does Wang Lung's uncle have in Chapter 7?

4. What season has begun in the beginning of Chapter 14?

5. What is described in Chapter 1 as the first sound that Wang Lung hears each morning when he awakens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What preparations does Wang Lung make when he returns to his land in Chapter 15?

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

3. What conflict does Wang Lung encounter at the barber's in Chapter 1?

4. What activities take place as the New Year celebration approaches in Chapter 5?

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

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

7. Why did Wang Lung's father choose a slave for Wang Lung's wife?

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

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

10. What information does Wang Lung learn from others on the train in Chapter 11?

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