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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. Where does the American woman ask Wang Lung to transport her in Chapter 11?
(a) The Street of Bridges.
(b) The Street of Temples.
(c) The Emperor's estate.
(d) The Confucian temple.

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

6. What animals does Wang Lung observe and consider to be an evil omen in the end of Chapter 7?
(a) A pit of snakes.
(b) A flock of crows.
(c) A pack of wolves.
(d) A nest of owls.

7. Who turns the villagers against Wang Lung during the hard times after the drought in Chapter 8?
(a) Wang Lung's uncle.
(b) O-lan.
(c) Ching.
(d) Liu.

8. What does O-lan say she was beaten with daily as a slave in Chapter 14?
(a) A willow branch.
(b) A leather mule-halter.
(c) A belt.
(d) A piece of silk.

9. Where does Wang Lung hide when he observes soldiers seizing his fellow laborers from the streets in Chapter 14?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A pipe store.
(c) A hot water shop.
(d) A temple.

10. How many seed beans came up for Wang Lung's uncle of the twenty that he planted this year in Chapter 7?
(a) 10.
(b) 1.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

11. Where does Wang Lung first observe young men in the city speaking of revolution in Chapter 11?
(a) By the city wall.
(b) By the Confucian temple.
(c) By the public kitchen.
(d) By his hut.

12. What season has begun in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

13. What does Wang Lung vow he must do in the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Return to his land.
(b) Remarry.
(c) Sell his daughter into slavery.
(d) Kill himself.

14. How many children does Wang Lung's uncle have in Chapter 7?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

15. How long has it been since the death of Wang Lung's mother in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 years.

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Wang Lung's uncle ask of Wang Lung for his daughter's dowry in Chapter 7?

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

5. What is the vehicle called that Wang Lung's family takes to the city in the south in Chapter 10?

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