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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wang Lung purchase to burn on the eve of the new year in Chapter 5?
(a) Two red candles.
(b) Ten red candles.
(c) Six green candles.
(d) Five blue candles.

2. What are the New Year's cakes called that O-lan makes in Chapter 5?
(a) Lenten cakes.
(b) Sun cakes.
(c) Moon cakes.
(d) Rice cakes.

3. What is described in Chapter 1 as the first sound that Wang Lung hears each morning when he awakens?
(a) The ocean waves.
(b) His father's cough.
(c) A train whistle.
(d) A bluebird singing.

4. What does Wang Lung purchase to dye the eggs with in Chapter 4?
(a) Hen's blood.
(b) Red food dye.
(c) Red paper.
(d) Saffron.

5. Where did O-lan live as a child?
(a) Shantung.
(b) Dalian.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Fuzhou.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does Ching give to Wang Lung before Wang's family departs for the south in Chapter 9?

2. How far is the distance described that Wang Lung's family must travel to reach the city in the south in Chapter 9?

3. Where is a tailor coming from to tend to the daughter of the House of Hwang for her her upcoming wedding in Chapter 5?

4. What does Wang Lung begin referring to his daughter as in Chapter 9?

5. How many sticks of incense does Wang Lung burn at the temple of the earth after his son is born in Chapter 4?

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