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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom has Wang Lung bought a leg of pork that hangs in his house in Chapter 4?
(a) Ching.
(b) Liu.
(c) Lotus.
(d) Pear Blossom.

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

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

4. What does Wang Lung begin referring to his daughter as in Chapter 9?
(a) Pear Blossom.
(b) Lotus.
(c) Poor fool.
(d) Cuckoo.

5. How much money does the American woman give to Wang Lung for transporting her in Chapter 11?
(a) 2 gold coins.
(b) 2 silver coins.
(c) 2 pence.
(d) 1 silver coin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Wang Lung define one's land as being in Chapter 5?

3. How many eggs does Wang Lung purchase in town in Chapter 4?

4. What do the noodles signify that Wang Lung's family eats on his son's first month birthday in Chapter 4?

5. How much money does it cost to go to a public kitchen for rice gruel in the city in the south in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Wang Lung and his family reach the city in the south in Chapter 10?

2. What causes Wang Lung to finally decide to take his family to the city in the south in Chapter 9?

3. How has the atmosphere of the city changed in Chapter 14? What has led to the changes?

4. How does Wang Lung respond when he discovers O-lan's jewels in Chapter 16?

5. Why did Wang Lung's father choose a slave for Wang Lung's wife?

6. What conflict does Wang Lung encounter at the barber's in Chapter 1?

7. How does Wang Lung's uncle respond when Wang Lung yells at him in Chapter 7?

8. What event leads to Wang Lung's decision that he must take his family back to the land in Chapter 12?

9. What does Wang Lung's father complain about in Chapter 1?

10. Where do Wang Lung and O-lan go on the second day of the New Year in Chapter 5?

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