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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Ching give to Wang Lung before Wang's family departs for the south in Chapter 9?
(a) Bone broth.
(b) Dried beans.
(c) Rice bowls.
(d) Water chestnuts.

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

3. Who kills Wang Lung's ox in Chapter 8?
(a) Wang Lung's uncle.
(b) Lotus.
(c) Wang Lung's aunt.
(d) O-lan.

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. How much money does Wang Lung take home after his first day of working in the city in Chapter 11?
(a) 2 silver coins.
(b) 10 silver coins.
(c) 5 pence.
(d) A penny.

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

7. How many eggs does Wang Lung purchase in town in Chapter 4?
(a) 150.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 200.

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

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

10. How many sticks of incense does Wang Lung burn at the temple of the earth after his son is born in Chapter 4?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

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

13. How many silver dollars does Wang Lung have in his purse when he sets out on his wedding day in Chapter 1?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 20.

14. Wang Lung's uncle says to him in Chapter 7, "I am a man of" what?
(a) "Wealth and prosperity."
(b) "Godly destiny."
(c) "Fortune."
(d) "Evil destiny."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Wang Lung's father went to request a slave as a wife for his son, he requested what trait "above all"?

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

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

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

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