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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who washes O-lan's body for burial after her death?
(a) Wang Lung's daughter-in-law.
(b) Wang Lung's uncle.
(c) Wang Lung's eldest daughter.
(d) Wang Lung's aunt.

2. How much of Wang Lung's land is said to be "a lake as deep as a man's shoulders and more" during the floods in Chapter 18?
(a) Four-fifths.
(b) One-half.
(c) Two-fifths.
(d) Three-fourths.

3. Who kills Wang Lung's ox in Chapter 8?
(a) Lotus.
(b) Wang Lung's aunt.
(c) Wang Lung's uncle.
(d) O-lan.

4. What does Wang Lung tell O-lan he would do if only it would heal her in Chapter 26?
(a) He would move into town.
(b) He would leave Lotus.
(c) He would sell all his land.
(d) He would sell his daughters.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What name does the schoolmaster give to Wang Lung's eldest son in Chapter 17?

3. How old is Wang Lung's female cousin that he and his uncle discuss in Chapter 7?

4. How long after O-lan's death is her burial arranged to take place?

5. What does O-lan remark to Wang Lung about the child she has just given birth to in Chapter 7?

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