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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Wang Lung spend on an ox in Chapter 15?
(a) 10 silver coins.
(b) 3 silver coins.
(c) 5 gold pieces.
(d) 2 gold pieces.

2. What does Wang Lung do for work when he first arrives in the city in the south in Chapter 11?
(a) He sells newspapers.
(b) He pulls a rickshaw.
(c) He works at a butcher shop.
(d) He works at the public kitchen.

3. What does Wang Lung have built for Cuckoo due to the adversity between her and O-lan in Chapter 21?
(a) A separate home.
(b) A bed.
(c) A separate kitchen.
(d) A bathing trough.

4. What does Wang Lung define one's land as being in Chapter 5?
(a) "Land is one's road to the future."
(b) "Land is one's culture and history."
(c) "Land is a menacing god."
(d) "Land is one's flesh and blood."

5. What is the crashing sound that Wang Lung's family observes from their hut in Chapter 14?
(a) The enemy breaking down the gate.
(b) A tank rolling into town.
(c) A bomb exploding by the public kitchen.
(d) Machine-gun fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season has begun in the beginning of Chapter 14?

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

3. Who makes the hut from the mats that Wang Lung buys in the city in Chapter 11?

4. What does O-lan do with the New Year's cakes she makes in Chapter 5?

5. What does Wang Lung say to the rich man after taking his gold during the riot in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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