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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 is a Broad Axe for?
(a) Feeling large trees.
(b) Making detailed designs on wood.
(c) Splitting logs into firewood.
(d) Turning logs into beams.

2. What does Mei do when she first sees Auntie Po in Chapter 2?
(a) Accidentally steps on Auntie Po's foot.
(b) Offers Auntie Po food.
(c) Sings to Auntie Po.
(d) Runs away screaming in fear.

3. Where is the new logger from in Chapter 2?
(a) California.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) England.

4. How are Neils and Hels related?
(a) They are father and son.
(b) They are not related by blood but they are good friends.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are brothers.

5. What prayer does Mei offer to her grandparents in Chapter 2?
(a) To ask to protect her family.
(b) To ask to protect Bee.
(c) To ask to protect the whole camp.
(d) To ask to help her go to college.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mei say she does not want to get married?

2. Who runs the logging camp?

3. What do the lumberjacks receive that the Chinese workers do not receive?

4. What does Mei often do around the campfire at night?

5. In Chapter 2, who comes outside to ask Mei if Sam is going to be OK?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Martha a bit upset with Bee's and Mei's buffalo footprints?

3. In Part I, how does Mei think hers and Bee's futures will differ?

4. What does Bee bring Mei as a gift from town in Part I, and what does this gift symbolize?

5. What does Hao tell Hels he has taught Mei how to do in Chapter 2?

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

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

8. Why is Henry upset after what happens to Sam?

9. In Chapter 2, what does Mei say logging a forest reminds her of?

10. Who asks Hels for a kitchen job in Chapter 2, and what is Hels's response?

(see the answer keys)

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