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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 the event of the men bringing Mei food to cook make her wonder in Chapter 3?

2. What recipe does Pauly say Neils tried to make that night in Chapter 3 that was especially terrible?

3. In Chapter 4, who manages breaking up the log jam?

4. In Chapter 4, what is a peavey?

5. What does Hels say they will do so all the workers can eat together at the sawmill from now on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 4, how do the workers often transport the logs?

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

5. In Part III, why is Mei angry as the winter passes and she and her father remain separated?

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

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

8. What does Auntie Po leave at Pauly's grave?

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

10. What does Pauly ask Mei for help with in Part III?

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

Why do you think Khor decided to tell Mei's story in the form of a graphic novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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