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

2. What spice does Mei use in her cooking in Chapter 3?

3. What does Mei ask Bee to help her with in Chapter 3?

4. What task does Mei ask the majority of workers to help her with when she agrees to cook for them?

5. In Chapter 4, who is the only logger who dies in the logging accident?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the crew do when they find Pauly's body?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Hao ultimately decide to come back to the logging camp and work when Hels asks him, even though he has felt terribly betrayed by Hels? How and why does Khor use humor in this section particularly? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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