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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. For whom does Wang Lung buy a coffin for also when he purchases one for O-lan in Chapter 26?
(a) For his daughter.
(b) For his father.
(c) For his uncle.
(d) For his niece.

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

3. For how long does Wang Lung's soldier cousin stay in his house with the soldiers before departing for another war in Chapter 31?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

4. The narrator says of Lotus in Chapter 24, "... and with her wide eyes and small mouth she looked more than ever like a plump little" what?
(a) "Cat."
(b) "Wolf."
(c) "Bird."
(d) "Snake."

5. What does Wang Lung promise to the prostitute who has been visited by Wang Lung's son in Chapter 23?
(a) He will kill her if his son returns.
(b) He will send his uncle to please her.
(c) He will give her twice the silver for turning his son away.
(d) He will buy her a home if she turns away his son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Lotus befriend, much to Wang Lung's discouragement in Chapter 21?

3. What is described as the color of mourning that Wang Lung and his family wears after O-lan's death?

4. What are Wang Lung's uncle and aunt compared to in Chapter 30?

5. For how long does the grain merchant insist his daughter must wait until she is wed to Wang Lung's eldest son in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wang Lung perceive his family and children in Chapter 17?

2. What impact does O-lan's illness have on Wang Lung's household in Chapter 26?

3. What does O-lan say regarding Cuckoo as she lays dying in Chapter 26?

4. What causes the flooding in Chapter 27? How does the flooding impact Wang Lung's village?

5. How is Lotus's arrival at Wang Lung's home described in Chapter 20? Who is present for her arrival?

6. How does Wang Lung's family go about relocating to the city in Chapter 29? Who is the last to leave the land?

7. What is at the root of the conflict between O-lan and Cuckoo in Chapter 21?

8. How does Wang Lung go about arranging to purchase Lotus in Chapter 20?

9. How does Wang Lung respond when O-lan warns him of his eldest son visiting Lotus in Chapter 24?

10. How does Wang Lung respond when he discovers his eldest son in Lotus's court in Chapter 24?

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