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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task does Mei ask the majority of workers to help her with when she agrees to cook for them?
(a) Boiling water.
(b) Setting the table.
(c) Chopping vegetables.
(d) Moving tables.

2. Why is Mei angry as the winter passes in Chapter 3?
(a) She has no money.
(b) She never knew her mother.
(c) The gods she creates cannot even help her family.
(d) Her father has died.

3. What does Auntie Po do outside the sawmill in Chapter 3?
(a) Sings a song.
(b) Cooks a huge meal.
(c) Sets a great fire.
(d) Sucks in all the air and blows into the river to make a logjam.

4. In Chapter 4, what happens to some of the men when they clear the log jam?
(a) One man gets stabbed accidentally by a tool.
(b) They end up getting hurt or falling in the water.
(c) Everyone stays completely safe.
(d) One man gets shot.

5. What does Bee's father no longer let her do in Chapter 5?
(a) Go out with the wagons.
(b) Cook.
(c) Read.
(d) Sing.

6. What day does Mei usually visit Hao on?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Monday.

7. What recipe does Pauly say Neils tried to make that night in Chapter 3 that was especially terrible?
(a) Curry.
(b) Schnitzel.
(c) Pie.
(d) Ice cream.

8. What does Hao do when he sees Bee and Hels embracing after their loss?
(a) Sings a song softly.
(b) Lights a candle of remembrance.
(c) Embraces Mei.
(d) Tells Hels he will find Pauly.

9. Who are the best and bravest workers in the sawmill?
(a) The henneys.
(b) The river pigs.
(c) The grunts.
(d) The stips.

10. What does Bee thank Mei for after Bee's loss in Chapter 4?
(a) Being there for her.
(b) Making her pie.
(c) Teaching her to read.
(d) Loaning her money.

11. Who does Mei go into the woods to see in anger right after the logging accident?
(a) Auntie Po.
(b) Ringold.
(c) Henry.
(d) Martha.

12. What does Mei use to cook for the people she is cooking for in Chapter 3?
(a) Things she has foraged in the forest.
(b) Donations from charities.
(c) Kitchen leftovers from Bee's uncle.
(d) The food her father left her.

13. What does Mei ask Bee to help her with in Chapter 3?
(a) Cooking for the Chinese workers still at the camp.
(b) Writing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Singing.

14. Where does Hao say he learned the tradition he enacts along the burial of the logger who dies?
(a) England.
(b) Working on the railroad.
(c) Spain.
(d) South America.

15. What is the most dangerous part of the logger's job?
(a) Chopping trees into sections once they have been cut down.
(b) Cutting trees down.
(c) Sleeping outside with wild animals.
(d) Log jams.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what is a cant hook for?

2. What is one thing that bothers Bee about the logger's death from the accident that she confides in Mei about at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What do the bravest loggers do to actually move the logs down the river?

4. What does Bee give to Mei to help her feel better in Chapter 3?

5. What restaurant has Hao started working for once Hels fired him?

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