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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 purchase for the "goddess of mercy" after his grandson is born in Chapter 29?
(a) A gold crown.
(b) A silver ring.
(c) A blue candle.
(d) A new robe.

2. What primary color is worn by the bride and groom at Wang Lung's son's wedding in Chapter 26?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

3. Where does Cuckoo say Lotus is from in Chapter 18?
(a) Kiangsu.
(b) Anhwei.
(c) Soochow.
(d) Dalian.

4. What symbol of a band of robbers does Wang Lung's uncle wear inside his coat?
(a) A saber.
(b) A red beard.
(c) A gold bracelet.
(d) A white beard.

5. In O-lan's last words before dying, she says, "Beauty will not" do what?
(a) "Follow one across the bridge."
(b) "Live forever."
(c) "Bear a man sons."
(d) "Bring prosperity."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cuckoo's job at the tea house in Chapter 18?

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. When O-lan summons Cuckoo to her death bed in Chapter 26, she tells her that Cuckoo is what?

5. What is the one great regret that Wang Lung feels as he departs O-lan's funeral in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Wang Lung do in order to gain control over his uncle and his family in Chapter 28?

4. How have Wang Lung's business, circumstances, and fate changed in the beginning of Chapter 17?

5. What leads Wang Lung to send his eldest sons away to school in Chapter 17?

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

7. Whom does Lotus suggest to Wang Lung for an arranged marriage for his son in Chapter 23?

8. Who looks after the arrangement of Wang Lung's second son's marriage in Chapter 29? How are the arrangements described?

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

10. What is the source of Wang Lung's main conflicts in Chapter 30?

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