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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 is the most dangerous part of the logger's job?

2. In Chapter 4, what is a jam pike for?

3. In Chapter 4, what do the men use to break up the log jam?

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

5. Where does Hao tell Hels he was working when he cooked a big Chinese New Year's feast every year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Hao say when Hels comes to beg him to come back?

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

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

10. In Part IV, what surprises Mei about Hao's attitude towards her Auntie Po stories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Mei's and Bee's futures look different in the end of the book than they did in the beginning in terms of opportunities and possibilities? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Mei get angry with Auntie Po at several different points in the book, and what do you think Khor is trying to communicate to the reader through this anger? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Mei's father's leaving the logging camp begin to highlight her own strengths and talents? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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