The Good Earth: Study Help: Quiz

1: Initially, Wang Lung's greatest disappointment with O-lan is that

a. her feet are not bound

b. she's shorter than he'd like

c. her face is too narrow

d. she has brown eyes

2: The only help that O-lan requests during her first pregnancy is

a. a midwife

b. a mask to cover her mouth

c. a newly peeled and slit reed

d. a net to protect her from mosquitoes

3: When Wang Lung visits the House of Hwang for the second time, his confidence is greater in part because

a. he wears a new hat

b. he is dressed in a new black cloth suit

c. O-lan has polished his shoes

d. O-lan accompanies him

4: In celebration of the birth of his first son, Wang dyes eggs the color

a. yellow

b. red

c. orange

d. green

5: During the drought in Chapter 8, Wang's uncle asks Wang for

a. medicine

b. clothing

c. seeds for sowing the fields

d. food

6: "Firewagons" refer to

a. alcohol distilleries

b. trains

c. military guns

d. water wagons used to extinguish fires

7: Wang Lung's first job in the southern city is

a. cleaning streets

b. gardening for a rich family

c. driving a ricksha

d. gate-keeping for a rich family

8: With the money that Wang opportunistically receives prior to his family returning to their land, Wang buys all of the following except

a. an ox

b. red bean seed

c. celery seed

d. bamboo shoots

9: Of all the jewels that O-lan steals while in the southern city, when Wang wants to sell them to buy more land, O-lan pleads to keep

a. two diamonds

b. the granite necklace

c. a sapphire ring

d. two pearls

10: To please Lotus Flower, Wang

a. cuts off his braid

b. dyes his hair

c. shaves off his goatee

d. buys a ricksha for her

11: Prior to marrying Wang, O-lan was a slave in the House of

a. Ching

b. Hwang

c. Liu

d. Chang

12: Wang's final concubine is named

a. Lotus Flower

b. Pear Blossom

c. Rose Petal

d. Peony Blossom

13: The son of Wang who eventually joins one of the revolutionary army is

a. First Son

b. Second Son

c. Third Son

d. Fourth Son

14: The grain merchant whom Wang's second son works for and who provides a wife for the eldest Wang son is named

a. Liu

b. Chiang

c. Yang

d. Chang

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