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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does O-lan promise Wang Lung she will do for their youngest daughter in Chapter 18?
(a) Sell her to a merchant.
(b) Cut her hair.
(c) Sell her to a soldier.
(d) Bind her feet.

3. Why does Wang Lung go to confront his uncle's wife in Chapter 7?
(a) Because he feels his female cousin should be married off.
(b) Because he hopes to take a second wife.
(c) Because he is in love with her.
(d) Because her sons are disrupting the town.

4. What presumably happens to Wang Lung's daughter that is born in Chapter 9?
(a) She is taken by soldiers.
(b) Wang Lung kills her.
(c) She is stillborn.
(d) O-lan kills her.

5. Why does Wang Lung's eldest son say he hates his cousin in Chapter 27?
(a) Because he is a scholar.
(b) Because he is arrogant and wealthy.
(c) Because he is always peeping at his wife.
(d) Because he is base and stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wang Lung tell O-lan he would do if only it would heal her in Chapter 26?

2. Where does Cuckoo say Lotus is from in Chapter 18?

3. Where did O-lan live as a child?

4. What color robes do the priests from the Taoist temple wear that come to lead O-lan's and Wang Lung's father's funeral?

5. What color robes do the priests from the Buddhist temple wear that are summoned for O-lan's funeral?

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