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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 recipe does Pauly say Neils tried to make that night in Chapter 3 that was especially terrible?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Curry.
(c) Schnitzel.
(d) Pie.

2. Where does Hao say he learned the tradition he enacts along the burial of the logger who dies?
(a) Spain.
(b) South America.
(c) England.
(d) Working on the railroad.

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

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

5. Who helps Mei run the kitchen for a night after the last person quits?
(a) Polly.
(b) Martha.
(c) Henry.
(d) Winnie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Auntie Po leave on the grave of the logger who dies?

2. What is Hao cooking when Hels comes to see him in Chapter 3 to ask him to work at the mill again?

3. In Chapter 4, what is a peavey?

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

5. Where does Hels go in Chapter 3 to find Hao?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Auntie Po tell Mei she did not save Pauly?

2. In Part IV, what does Pauly use to clear the logjam during the log drive?

3. What does Hao make special for Hels and give to Bee to take to him in Part IV?

4. In Chapter 4, how do the workers often transport the logs?

5. In Part III, what does Hels do out of frustration?

6. Who is the only person killed in the log jam?

7. What is a common and dangerous problem that often happens in transporting logs?

8. What happens when Neils takes over the camp's kitchen?

9. What demand does Hao make when Hels asks him to come back?

10. What tradition does Hao enact when they bury Pauly?

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