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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 231 - 286).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prayer does Mei offer to her grandparents in Chapter 2?
(a) To ask to help her go to college.
(b) To ask to protect Bee.
(c) To ask to protect her family.
(d) To ask to protect the whole camp.

2. Who helps Mei run the kitchen for a night after the last person quits?
(a) Henry.
(b) Polly.
(c) Martha.
(d) Winnie.

3. 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) One man gets shot.
(c) They end up getting hurt or falling in the water.
(d) Everyone stays completely safe.

4. Why is Bee angry at Mei after the logging accident in Chapter 4?
(a) Mei says they do not need to bury Henry.
(b) Mei refuses to come back to camp.
(c) Auntie Po and Mei's stories could not save her brother.
(d) Mei says she and her father are starting their own business.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the author's note, what dose Khor say is the most important omission from the book?

2. What does Hao say he would like to do with Mei someday?

3. Who does Auntie Po ask to help her fight the mosquitos?

4. In Mei's telling of the rescue to Henry in Chapter 4, who helps move the biggest logs to help save the loggers?

5. Who is the young boy who is riveted by Mei's stories?

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