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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 Bee say she did at the grave of the logger who died in the accident?
2. What does Pauly tell Mei has happened to the crew since Hao left?
3. What does Hao ask Hels to pay him in Chapter 3?
4. What does the event of the men bringing Mei food to cook make her wonder in Chapter 3?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is a common and dangerous problem that often happens in transporting logs?
2. In Part IV, what surprises Mei about Hao's attitude towards her Auntie Po stories?
3. What does the crew do when they find Pauly's body?
4. Why does Bee get really angry at Mei for her Auntie Po stories in Part IV?
5. In Part III, why is Mei angry as the winter passes and she and her father remain separated?
6. Who is the only person killed in the log jam?
7. What tradition does Hao enact when they bury Pauly?
8. In Part III, why does Mei become flustered when teaching Bee how to chop?
9. What form does Auntie Po take in Henry's imagination after the disaster with the log jam in Part IV?
10. What does Hao jokingly ask Hels for as a term of his returning to the camp?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is the quality of the food at the logging camp so important to Hels and to the operation of the camp overall? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
The last sentence of Khor's author's note reads: "If history failed us, fiction will have to restore us." Write an essay explaining what you think she means with this statement, keeping in mind the context of the novel.
Essay Topic 3
When and why does Mei begin to feel and understand the important differences in the opportunities that she and Bee might have as they grow up? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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