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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what drug does the Old Mistress partake during Wang Long's visit to retrieve his wife in Chapter 1?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Cannabis.
(d) Opium.

2. What does Wang Lung demand from O-lan to give to Lotus in Chapter 19?
(a) Her sapphire necklace.
(b) Her silver ring.
(c) Her pearls.
(d) Her daughter.

3. When Wang Lung's father went to request a slave as a wife for his son, he requested what trait "above all"?
(a) That she not be poor.
(b) That she not be pretty.
(c) That she not be hard-working.
(d) That she not be a good cook.

4. How old is Wang Lung's female cousin that he and his uncle discuss in Chapter 7?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 12.

5. Who makes the hut from the mats that Wang Lung buys in the city in Chapter 11?
(a) Pear Blossom.
(b) O-lan.
(c) Wang Lung.
(d) Lotus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons has O-lan borne for Wang Lung in Chapter 20?

2. Who is the first to discover and announce Wang Lung's love for another woman in Chapter 20?

3. Wang Lung's uncle says to him in Chapter 7, "I am a man of" what?

4. What animals does Wang Lung observe and consider to be an evil omen in the end of Chapter 7?

5. How much money does the American woman give to Wang Lung for transporting her in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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