The Good Earth Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Good Earth? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Question 1: Who said, "My father [...] so have I wished for these last two years that I might do, but I did not dare to ask it"?


O-lan
The first son
The second son
Wang Lung
Q. Question 2: Who said, “I have been kitchen slave since I went into the House of Hwang. There were meats at every meal"?


O-lan
Lotus
Pear Blossom
Cuckoo
Q. Who said, “Well, and I do remember. My son, I have chosen my place in the earth, and it is below my father and his brother and above your mother and next to Ching, and I would see my coffin before I die"?


Grandfather
Wang Lung's Uncle
Wang Lung's Aunt
Wang Lung
Q. Who said, “I like old men—I like old men—they are so kind—"?


Lotus
O-lan
Pear Blossom
Second daughter-in-law
Q. Who said, “I know what I will do. I will be a soldier and I will go forth to wars"?


Wang Lung's Cousin
First daughter-in-law
Liu the grain dealer
The third son