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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mei use to cook for the people she is cooking for in Chapter 3?

2. What do Mei and Bee think of the food they eat that Neils has cooked in Chapter 3?

3. When do the loggers find the person who died in the log jam?

4. Why does Mei tell Bee she wants to hold on to the rituals her father does for his family?

5. What does Mei begin to feel while she is teaching Bee how to do something in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tradition does Hao enact when they bury Pauly?

2. Why does Hels finally go and try to make amends with Hao?

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

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

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

6. What does Auntie Po leave at Pauly's grave?

7. What does the crew do when they find Pauly's body?

8. In Part IV, what does Pauly use to clear the logjam during the log drive?

9. What does Hao make special for Hels and give to Bee to take to him in Part IV?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mei's father's leaving the logging camp begin to highlight her own strengths and talents? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Khor develop the relationship between Hao and Hels, and what effect does Hels telling Hao he can no longer work at the camp have on this relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why is the quality of the food at the logging camp so important to Hels and to the operation of the camp overall? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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