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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. What does Hels say they will do so all the workers can eat together at the sawmill from now on?
(a) Build bigger dining halls.
(b) Build bigger tables.
(c) Eat outside.
(d) Eat in the church.

2. What do some of the white men bring to Mei to ask her to cook in Chapter 3?
(a) Salad.
(b) Pork.
(c) Fish.
(d) Chicken.

3. What does Hels nail to the tree near where the person who dies in the log jam is buried?
(a) Boots.
(b) An orange.
(c) An axe.
(d) A ribbon.

4. What restaurant has Hao started working for once Hels fired him?
(a) The Feed Bag.
(b) The Crown.
(c) Horseshoe.
(d) The King's Walk.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hao jokingly tell Hels he wants to get for Mei?

3. What does Hao do when he sees Bee and Hels embracing after their loss?

4. Where does Hels go in Chapter 3 to find Hao?

5. Where is the Andersen family all originally from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, what does Hels do out of frustration?

2. What happens when Neils takes over the camp's kitchen?

3. What is a common and dangerous problem that often happens in transporting logs?

4. Who is the only person killed in the log jam?

5. In Part III, what story about Auntie Po does Mei tell Bee and Polly?

6. In Part IV, what event often requires cooks to follow a crew down a river?

7. Why does Auntie Po tell Mei she did not save Pauly?

8. What demand does Hao make when Hels asks him to come back?

9. What form does Auntie Po take in Henry's imagination after the disaster with the log jam in Part IV?

10. In Chapter 4, how do the workers often transport the logs?

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