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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hels nail to the tree near where the person who dies in the log jam is buried?

2. Why does Mei tell Bee she wants to hold on to the rituals her father does for his family?

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

4. What is one thing that bothers Bee about the logger's death from the accident that she confides in Mei about at the end of Chapter 5?

5. How do loggers often move logs from place to place?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, why does Mei become flustered when teaching Bee how to chop?

2. Why does Hels finally go and try to make amends with Hao?

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

4. What form does Auntie Po take in Henry's imagination after the disaster with the log jam in Part IV?

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

6. What does the crew do when they find Pauly's body?

7. In Part IV, what event often requires cooks to follow a crew down a river?

8. Why does Bee get really angry at Mei for her Auntie Po stories in Part IV?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Khor chooses to include large illustrations of the tools the loggers use at the beginning of several chapters, and what do these tools symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Khor communicate the significance of some of the funeral ceremonies and rituals that the Chinese characters share to honor Pauly? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Hao ultimately decide to come back to the logging camp and work when Hels asks him, even though he has felt terribly betrayed by Hels? How and why does Khor use humor in this section particularly? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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