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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 Auntie Po look like to Henry?
2. In Chapter 4, who explicitly tells Mei he or she can see Auntie Po for the first time, rescuing men from the river?
3. In Mei's telling of the rescue to Henry in Chapter 4, who helps move the biggest logs to help save the loggers?
4. What does Hao do when he sees Bee and Hels embracing after their loss?
5. In Chapter 3, what do some of Hels's workers tell him Pauly has been doing behind his back?
Short Essay Questions
1. What demand does Hao make when Hels asks him to come back?
2. In Part III, what does Hels do out of frustration?
3. Why does Hels finally go and try to make amends with Hao?
4. In Part III, why does Mei become flustered when teaching Bee how to chop?
5. What does Pauly ask Mei for help with in Part III?
6. In Chapter 4, how do the workers often transport the logs?
7. What happens when Neils takes over the camp's kitchen?
8. What does Auntie Po leave at Pauly's grave?
9. In Part IV, what event often requires cooks to follow a crew down a river?
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 does Khor describe Mei's struggle with her emerging feelings of attraction towards Bee, her best friend? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What distinctions does Khor draw early in the novel between the way the white workers at the logging camp and the Chinese ones are treated, and why are these distinctions important? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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