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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 never lost a crew member.
(c) She got the most logs of anyone in a log drive.
(d) There is candy at the end.

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

3. How do loggers often move logs from place to place?
(a) On the river.
(b) In trains.
(c) In planes.
(d) In cars.

4. Why does Auntie Po say she could not save the person who dies in the logging accident?
(a) If it had not been him, it would have been her father Hao who died.
(b) Mei does not understand the spirit world.
(c) He was already dead when he fell.
(d) Someone always has to be sacrificed.

5. What do loggers use to clear the worst jams?
(a) Cars.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) Trains.
(d) Guns.

6. Who does Mei go into the woods to see in anger right after the logging accident?
(a) Auntie Po.
(b) Henry.
(c) Martha.
(d) Ringold.

7. 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 stand on the logs in the water with their tools to keep them moving.
(d) They drive the trains that go along the side of the river.

8. What does Bee thank Mei for after Bee's loss in Chapter 4?
(a) Being there for her.
(b) Loaning her money.
(c) Teaching her to read.
(d) Making her pie.

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

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

11. When do the loggers find the person who died in the log jam?
(a) Two weeks after the accident.
(b) Three days after the accident.
(c) One week after the accident.
(d) They never find the person.

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

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

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

15. Who are the best and bravest workers in the sawmill?
(a) The stips.
(b) The river pigs.
(c) The henneys.
(d) The grunts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who leads the log drive after the accident?

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

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

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

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