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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hao jokingly tell Hels he wants to get for Mei?
(a) A dollhouse.
(b) A pony.
(c) A set of her own knives.
(d) A bar of chocolate.

3. 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?
(a) They never found the body.
(b) There was no singing at the funeral service.
(c) She will have to write about the funeral.
(d) The world, and the work just continued afterwards.

4. What food that Mei cooks in Chapter 3 does Bee try for the first time?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Chop suey.
(c) Curry.
(d) Stewed mushrooms.

5. Who asks Mei for a story in Chapter 3 when Mei herself cannot sleep?
(a) Polly.
(b) Henry.
(c) Pauly.
(d) Martha.

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

7. What restaurant has Hao started working for once Hels fired him?
(a) Horseshoe.
(b) The King's Walk.
(c) The Crown.
(d) The Feed Bag.

8. In Chapter 4, what is a jam pike for?
(a) To defend oneself against animals.
(b) To make kindling.
(c) To pry logs apart.
(d) To split big logs.

9. What note does Hels catch sight of in Chapter 3 that makes him feel even worse about firing Hao?
(a) One that asked Mei to be kind.
(b) One that asked Mei to save pie for Polly.
(c) One that asked Hels to pay him more.
(d) One that asked Mei to save pie for Mr. Andersen.

10. What do some of the men brandish at Hels in Chapter 3 in protest?
(a) Axes.
(b) Books.
(c) Plates.
(d) Hammers.

11. Who gives Hels some nasty looks when he goes to find Hao?
(a) Some of the workers in the town.
(b) The priest.
(c) The town sheriff.
(d) Pauly.

12. What does Bee say she did at the grave of the logger who died in the accident?
(a) Planted a tree.
(b) Sang.
(c) Left her shawl.
(d) Poured some water there.

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

14. Where does Hao tell Hels he was working when he cooked a big Chinese New Year's feast every year?
(a) The steelyards.
(b) The railroads.
(c) The lamp factory.
(d) The bridge works.

15. What is Hao cooking when Hels comes to see him in Chapter 3 to ask him to work at the mill again?
(a) Porkchops.
(b) Beef tenderloin.
(c) Lasagna.
(d) Chop Suey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hao say he wants to do from now on at the sawmill if he comes back to cook there?

2. Who helps Mei run the kitchen for a night after the last person quits?

3. What do loggers use to clear the worst jams?

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

5. What does Bee's father no longer let her do in Chapter 5?

(see the answer keys)

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