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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the lumberjacks receive that the Chinese workers do not receive?
(a) Pay.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Board.
(d) Health insurance.

2. What kind of stories did Hao tell Mei when she was little?
(a) Those of Gods and heroes.
(b) Those of himself when he was younger.
(c) Those of his own brothers.
(d) Those of Paul Bunyan.

3. Why does Hels tell Hao the incident with Sam happened in the first place?
(a) Sam had been carrying too much money.
(b) Sam had been mistaken for a fugitive.
(c) Sam had provoked the attack.
(d) People in town were trying to drive the Chinese away.

4. Who is delighted with what Mei and Bee create in Chapter 2?
(a) Hao.
(b) Hels.
(c) Henry.
(d) Martha.

5. Who does Hao tell Hels has taught Mei to write better?
(a) Doreen.
(b) Neils.
(c) Bee.
(d) Pauly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bee call Pauly after he upsets Mei in Part I?

2. What happens to Sam in Chapter 2?

3. What does Mei compare logging a forest to?

4. Why does Hao tell Hels that Hels cannot really call him family?

5. Where does Mei work and live?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how does Hels describe his decision to let all the Chinese workers go to Hao?

2. When does Mei see her first vision that makes her think Auntie Po might be around?

3. Why do Mei and Bee build giant buffalo footprints?

4. In Chapter 2, why does Mei get so upset with Bee?

5. How does Bee try to make Mei feel better at the end of Part III?

6. When does Mei first encounter Auntie Po in Part II?

7. What does Hao tell Hels in the aftermath of what happens to Sam?

8. What is Mei's favorite story to tell around the campfire?

9. What assurances does Hels try to give Hao when he fires him?

10. What warning does Auntie Po give to Mei in Part II?

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