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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. By what name does Wang Lung's young cousin the soldier refer to Lotus in Chapter 31?
(a) "Old Mistress."
(b) "Rough Hind."
(c) "Old Courtesan."
(d) "White Flower."

2. Why does Wang Lung make his eldest sons work in his fields each day in Chapter 17?
(a) So they will become scholars.
(b) So they will obey him.
(c) So they will fear him.
(d) So they will not become idle and spoiled.

3. How does O-lan explain her growing illness to Wang Lung in Chapter 18?
(a) "There is a fire in my vitals."
(b) "There is a pounding in my heart."
(c) "The births have broken my womb."
(d) "My head is aching."

4. Why does Wang Lung give silver to his uncle's son in Chapter 29?
(a) To fund his father's funeral.
(b) To prepare to go to war in the north.
(c) To fund his college education.
(d) To fund his trip to the city in the south.

5. How far away does the maid live that is arranged to marry Wang Lung's second-eldest son in Chapter 29?
(a) In the town where Wang Lung lives.
(b) 500 miles away.
(c) 3 villages away.
(d) 1 village away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O-lan say she will do if Cuckoo or Lotus are allowed into her room after she has died in Chapter 26?

2. What does Wang Lung decide to do with his eldest son in the end of Chapter 24?

3. Who is the grain dealer that Lotus suggests Wang Lung speak to about marrying his son to the grain dealer's daughter in Chapter 23?

4. What does Cuckoo demand as payment for Lotus to come and live with Wang Lung in Chapter 20?

5. Where does Wang Lung wish to have his second-eldest son apprenticed in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wang Lung's young cousin do that causes conflict in Wang Lung's house in Chapter 31?

2. What is significant about Wang Lung's uncle's revelation that he is associated with the redbeards in Chapter 23?

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

4. What decision does Wang Lung make regarding his second-eldest son in Chapter 25?

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

6. What causes Wang Lung to become restless in Chapter 18?

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

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

9. How is Lotus Flower described on the picture in the tea shop in Chapter 18?

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

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