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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who quits from the kitchen in Chapter 3?
(a) Hels.
(b) Sam.
(c) Henry.
(d) Neils.

3. What does Mei begin to feel while she is teaching Bee how to do something in Chapter 3?
(a) Very angry.
(b) Flustered and attracted to Bee.
(c) Very suspicious.
(d) Sick.

4. In Chapter 4, what is special about Auntie Po's log drives?
(a) She always made a special feast for the workers at the end.
(b) She got the most logs of anyone in a log drive.
(c) There is candy at the end.
(d) She never lost a crew member.

5. What does Bee give to Mei to help her feel better in Chapter 3?
(a) A pine cone doll.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A new saw.
(d) A new hair tie.

6. 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 Hanukkah dinner.
(c) Make Christmas dinner.
(d) Make Easter dinner.

7. What does Bee bring to Mei "for once" in Chapter 3 to help her feel better?
(a) Pie.
(b) Pudding.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Bread.

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

9. What do Mei and Bee think of the food they eat that Neils has cooked in Chapter 3?
(a) It is delicious.
(b) It is terrible.
(c) It is mediocre.
(d) Neils never cooks food in Chapter 3.

10. What do the bravest loggers do to actually move the logs down the river?
(a) They drive in very fast carts driven by horses along the side of the river.
(b) They pilot planes over the logs to keep track of them.
(c) They drive the trains that go along the side of the river.
(d) They stand on the logs in the water with their tools to keep them moving.

11. In Chapter 4, who manages breaking up the log jam?
(a) Hao.
(b) Neils.
(c) Henry.
(d) Pauly.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Auntie Po do outside the sawmill in Chapter 3?

2. Why is Bee angry at Mei after the logging accident in Chapter 4?

3. Who are the best and bravest workers in the sawmill?

4. What does Hao place in the grave of the logger who dies in the accident?

5. What is the most dangerous part of the logger's job?

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