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

2. What does Bee say about her brother in Chapter 5?

3. What does Bee thank Mei for after Bee's loss in Chapter 4?

4. Who gives Hels some nasty looks when he goes to find Hao?

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

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

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

4. What does Hao jokingly ask Hels for as a term of his returning to the camp?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Part III, what story about Auntie Po does Mei tell Bee and Polly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Khor develop the relationship between Hao and Hels, and what effect does Hels telling Hao he can no longer work at the camp have on this relationship? 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

What do you think Khor is trying to communicate to the reader about faith and religion in the fact that Mei no longer prays with her father, but that she does have a tremendous amount of faith in Auntie Po? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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