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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 food does Ching give to Wang Lung before Wang's family departs for the south in Chapter 9?
(a) Dried beans.
(b) Water chestnuts.
(c) Rice bowls.
(d) Bone broth.

2. How much money does Wang Lung take home after his first day of working in the city in Chapter 11?
(a) 5 pence.
(b) 10 silver coins.
(c) A penny.
(d) 2 silver coins.

3. Wang Lung's uncle says to him in Chapter 7, "I am a man of" what?
(a) "Fortune."
(b) "Wealth and prosperity."
(c) "Godly destiny."
(d) "Evil destiny."

4. What food does O-lan give to her two sons as Wang Lung's family departs for their journey in Chapter 10?
(a) Bread.
(b) Bone broth.
(c) Bowls of rice.
(d) Egg rolls.

5. What does Wang Lung's uncle ask of Wang Lung for his daughter's dowry in Chapter 7?
(a) 10 pieces of silver.
(b) 5 pieces of silver.
(c) 2 pieces of silver.
(d) 10 pieces of gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What presumably happens to Wang Lung's daughter that is born in Chapter 9?

2. What are the New Year's cakes called that O-lan makes in Chapter 5?

3. Where does O-lan dig a hole for she and Wang Lung to hide their silver in Chapter 4?

4. Where does Wang Lung hide when he observes soldiers seizing his fellow laborers from the streets in Chapter 14?

5. How much money does the American woman give to Wang Lung for transporting her in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does O-lan go about earning money to keep her family alive once they've reached the city in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

5. How has the atmosphere of the city changed in Chapter 14? What has led to the changes?

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

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

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

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

10. What is depicted on the fliers that Wang Lung is handed in Chapter 14?

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