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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does it cost to go to a public kitchen for rice gruel in the city in the south in Chapter 11?
(a) A silver coin.
(b) 5 pence.
(c) 2 pence.
(d) A penny.

2. What is sewn onto the front of the hat that O-lin has made for her son when she goes to the House of Hwang in Chapter 5?
(a) A dancing tiger.
(b) A lion.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A Buddha figure.

3. 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.

4. What name does the schoolmaster give to Wang Lung's second-eldest son in Chapter 17?
(a) Liu.
(b) Ching.
(c) Nung En.
(d) Nung Wen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O-lan refuse to leave out for Cuckoo in the mornings in Chapter 21?

2. How many seed beans came up for Wang Lung's uncle of the twenty that he planted this year in Chapter 7?

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

4. Whom does Lotus befriend, much to Wang Lung's discouragement in Chapter 21?

5. Of what drug does the Old Mistress partake during Wang Long's visit to retrieve his wife in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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