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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 172 - 230).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What spice does Mei use in her cooking in Chapter 3?
(a) Cardamom.
(b) Tumeric.
(c) Coriander.
(d) Ginger.

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

3. What does Hels do out of frustration in Chapter 3?
(a) Fire his own brother.
(b) Start a big fire.
(c) Cut down a tree by hand, by himself.
(d) Go for a swim.

4. What does Mei say the sawmill once told Auntie Po and her men after they had delivered their entire season's load of wood?
(a) The sawmill would not pay for their health care.
(b) The sawmill would only pay them half of what was promised.
(c) The sawmill would close soon.
(d) The sawmill was moving out of state.

5. What does Bee say about her brother in Chapter 5?
(a) He taught her how to read.
(b) He was not a hero.
(c) He was her best friend.
(d) He might still be alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of the men brandish at Hels in Chapter 3 in protest?

2. Who quits from the kitchen in Chapter 3?

3. Where does Hao say he learned the tradition he enacts along the burial of the logger who dies?

4. Who is allowed to stay at the mill with Hels and Bee when Hao goes to work in town?

5. What does Mei say about Pauly in the beginning of Chapter Two?

(see the answer key)

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