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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hao say he wants to do from now on at the sawmill if he comes back to cook there?
(a) Make Chinese New Year's dinner.
(b) Make Easter dinner.
(c) Make Christmas dinner.
(d) Make Hanukkah dinner.

2. In Chapter 4, who explicitly tells Mei he or she can see Auntie Po for the first time, rescuing men from the river?
(a) Jen.
(b) Hao.
(c) Henry.
(d) Martha.

3. In Chapter 3, what do some of Hels's workers tell him Pauly has been doing behind his back?
(a) Having an affair with a Chinese woman.
(b) Swimming in the river against the rules.
(c) Stealing money.
(d) Having Mei cook for some of his men.

4. What is one staple Mei always makes for the Chinese workers when she cooks for them?
(a) Rice.
(b) Salad.
(c) Radishes.
(d) Potatoes.

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

6. What does Auntie Po yell about the sawmill in Chapter 3?
(a) The sawmill owners are Chinese.
(b) The sawmill owners are cheats.
(c) The sawmill owners are not actually religious.
(d) The sawmill owners are fair and honest.

7. What does Hao say when Mei asks him if he actually sees Auntie Po, too?
(a) He does not believe in Auntie Po.
(b) He has seen her.
(c) He does not have to see Auntie Po to believe.
(d) He cannot see her because he is too old.

8. What does Mei use to cook for the people she is cooking for in Chapter 3?
(a) Donations from charities.
(b) The food her father left her.
(c) Kitchen leftovers from Bee's uncle.
(d) Things she has foraged in the forest.

9. 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 close soon.
(b) The sawmill would only pay them half of what was promised.
(c) The sawmill was moving out of state.
(d) The sawmill would not pay for their health care.

10. Who jumps in the water to help in Chapter 4, even though this person cannot swim?
(a) Sam.
(b) Hao.
(c) Henry.
(d) Hels.

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

12. What does Khor draw at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) Lots of different kitchen tools.
(b) Different trees.
(c) Different currencies.
(d) Lots of different characters from earlier in the novel.

13. What does Hao do when he sees Bee and Hels embracing after their loss?
(a) Tells Hels he will find Pauly.
(b) Lights a candle of remembrance.
(c) Embraces Mei.
(d) Sings a song softly.

14. Who leads the log drive after the accident?
(a) Neils.
(b) Hels.
(c) Henry.
(d) Hal.

15. Who does Mei go into the woods to see in anger right after the logging accident?
(a) Henry.
(b) Martha.
(c) Ringold.
(d) Auntie Po.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the event of the men bringing Mei food to cook make her wonder in Chapter 3?

2. What food that Mei cooks in Chapter 3 does Bee try for the first time?

3. What day does Mei usually visit Hao on?

4. What is one thing that bothers Bee about the logger's death from the accident that she confides in Mei about at the end of Chapter 5?

5. Who does Hels say he was going to fire anyway in Chapter 3?

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