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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bee ask Mei if this person will save the fallen loggers in Chapter 4?
(a) Mao Wen.
(b) Henry.
(c) Auntie Po.
(d) The Fairy Godmother.

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

3. Where does Hels go in Chapter 3 to find Hao?
(a) Amarillo.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Fort Worth.
(d) Chinatown.

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

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

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

7. What is the most dangerous part of the logger's job?
(a) Cutting trees down.
(b) Log jams.
(c) Chopping trees into sections once they have been cut down.
(d) Sleeping outside with wild animals.

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

9. What does Auntie Po leave on the grave of the logger who dies?
(a) A bit of food.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A sapling.
(d) An axe.

10. In Chapter 4, who gets angry at Mei for telling the story about Auntie Po while the men are being rescued?
(a) Bee.
(b) Hels.
(c) Sam.
(d) Hao.

11. In Mei's telling of the rescue to Henry in Chapter 4, who helps move the biggest logs to help save the loggers?
(a) Wen.
(b) Pei Pei.
(c) Hao.
(d) Martha.

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

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

14. In Chapter 4, what happens to some of the men when they clear the log jam?
(a) One man gets shot.
(b) Everyone stays completely safe.
(c) One man gets stabbed accidentally by a tool.
(d) They end up getting hurt or falling in the water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Auntie Po yell about the sawmill in Chapter 3?

2. Where does Hao say he learned the tradition he enacts along the burial of the logger who dies?

3. What does Hels say they will do so all the workers can eat together at the sawmill from now on?

4. What task does Mei ask the majority of workers to help her with when she agrees to cook for them?

5. What does Bee bring to Mei "for once" in Chapter 3 to help her feel better?

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