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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mei tell Bee she wants to hold on to the rituals her father does for his family?
(a) She does not know what else to do.
(b) She thinks it is good luck.
(c) She wants to hold on to the scraps of her family, some of whom she will never meet.
(d) She knows it is important to her father.

2. What does one worker throw at Hels in complaint in Chapter 3?
(a) A brick.
(b) A piece of pie.
(c) A stone.
(d) A scoop of mashed potatoes.

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

4. In Chapter 4, what is a cant hook for?
(a) To lift logs to higher spaces.
(b) To grab and roll logs.
(c) To pry logs apart.
(d) To chop logs.

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

6. What does Hao place in the grave of the logger who dies in the accident?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) A bottle sealed with wax with a note of the person's name, birthdate, and birthplace.
(d) A blanket.

7. In Chapter 4, who is the only logger who dies in the logging accident?
(a) Pauly.
(b) James.
(c) Hels.
(d) Harry.

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

9. What do some of the white men bring to Mei to ask her to cook in Chapter 3?
(a) Salad.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Pork.
(d) Fish.

10. What does Auntie Po look like to Henry?
(a) A White woman.
(b) A Black woman.
(c) A Native American woman.
(d) A Chinese woman.

11. Where is the Andersen family all originally from?
(a) Ohio.
(b) California.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Arizona.

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

13. What recipe does Pauly say Neils tried to make that night in Chapter 3 that was especially terrible?
(a) Pie.
(b) Curry.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Schnitzel.

14. What does Mei ask Bee to help her with in Chapter 3?
(a) Reading.
(b) Singing.
(c) Writing.
(d) Cooking for the Chinese workers still at the camp.

15. In Chapter 4, what do the men use to break up the log jam?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) Horses.
(c) Trains.
(d) Guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hao jokingly tell Hels he wants to get for Mei?

2. What does Hels nail to the tree near where the person who dies in the log jam is buried?

3. What does Hao ask Hels to pay him in Chapter 3?

4. What is Hao cooking when Hels comes to see him in Chapter 3 to ask him to work at the mill again?

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

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