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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task does Mei ask the majority of workers to help her with when she agrees to cook for them?
(a) Moving tables.
(b) Chopping vegetables.
(c) Setting the table.
(d) Boiling water.

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

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

4. What does Hels nail to the tree near where the person who dies in the log jam is buried?
(a) Boots.
(b) An orange.
(c) A ribbon.
(d) An axe.

5. 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 save pie for Polly.
(b) One that asked Hels to pay him more.
(c) One that asked Mei to be kind.
(d) One that asked Mei to save pie for Mr. Andersen.

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

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

8. 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.

9. What does the event of the men bringing Mei food to cook make her wonder in Chapter 3?
(a) If her father would be proud of her.
(b) If this is what it feels like to be a god.
(c) If she can really cook as well as her father.
(d) If the men will eat her type of food.

10. What spice does Mei use in her cooking in Chapter 3?
(a) Coriander.
(b) Ginger.
(c) Tumeric.
(d) Cardamom.

11. What does Hels say they will do so all the workers can eat together at the sawmill from now on?
(a) Build bigger dining halls.
(b) Build bigger tables.
(c) Eat outside.
(d) Eat in the church.

12. What does Pauly tell Mei has happened to the crew since Hao left?
(a) They are suspicious.
(b) They are angry.
(c) They are sad.
(d) They are starving.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who is Mei concerned about getting back to camp after the logging accident?

2. Who leads the log drive after the accident?

3. What does Hels do out of frustration in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 4, who is the only logger who dies in the logging accident?

5. What does Mei begin to feel while she is teaching Bee how to do something in Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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