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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Neils ask Hels for?
(a) Laundry washer.
(b) Cook.
(c) Log splitter.
(d) Foreman.

2. What task does Sam do in the kitchen after his injury in Chapter 2?
(a) Slicing meat.
(b) Boiling water.
(c) Peeling potatoes.
(d) Making pies.

3. What do some of the Chinese workers say when Mei asks about their families in Chapter 2?
(a) They are struggling financially.
(b) They are saving to buy their own businesses soon.
(c) They are saving for college for their kids.
(d) Their kids are going to school, and one of them bought a house.

4. In Chapter 2, why does Hao ask Martha to help out in the kitchen?
(a) Sam is not yet back from town.
(b) They are feeding extra people that night.
(c) Mei is late to work.
(d) Hao cut his finger.

5. Who does Mei see in the woods after she runs away from the others, upset, in Part I?
(a) Rilette.
(b) Hao.
(c) Pei Pei.
(d) Henry.

6. What does Mei often do around the campfire at night?
(a) Make pies for the following day.
(b) Eat her own dinner.
(c) Tell stories.
(d) Sleep.

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

8. What do Mei and Bee build in Chapter 2?
(a) A lighting system.
(b) A rocking horse.
(c) A dam.
(d) Buffalo footprints.

9. How many people do Mei and her father feed every night?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 140.
(c) 500.
(d) 300.

10. What animals do loggers often use to pull carts?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Llamas.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Horses.

11. Who is allowed to stay at the mill with Hels and Bee when Hao goes to work in town?
(a) Ling.
(b) See-ah.
(c) Jian.
(d) Mei.

12. Who is the young boy who is riveted by Mei's stories?
(a) Allen.
(b) James.
(c) Henry.
(d) Wynn.

13. Who is one of Mei's favorite subjects for her stories?
(a) Auntie Po.
(b) Windsor.
(c) The Rock.
(d) Paul Bunyan.

14. What is a Broad Axe for?
(a) Making detailed designs on wood.
(b) Turning logs into beams.
(c) Feeling large trees.
(d) Splitting logs into firewood.

15. What does Mei say about Pauly in the beginning of Chapter Two?
(a) He is very kind, but he is not good at his job.
(b) He is a boor, but he is good at his job.
(c) He can not read.
(d) He is a great singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mei think she will likely work her entire life?

2. What is the first specific job of Mei's that Khor lists in Chapter 1?

3. Who is the big blue buffalo in Mei's stories?

4. What do the lumberjacks receive that the Chinese workers do not receive?

5. Who does Hao pray to every morning?

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