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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does LeeRoy notice when he gets on the horse?
(a) His chaps are loose and will get tangled.
(b) The saddle is on too loose.
(c) There is a saddle horn, which should not be there.
(d) The horse is sick and dangerous to ride.

2. How does Hằng think she can prevent confessing about what happened at the airport?
(a) She thinks she can get LeeRoy to convince her uncle not to be so pushy.
(b) She thinks she can pretend not to understand the questions in English.
(c) She thinks she can lie to the lawyers.
(d) She thinks she can convince her brother to come with her to their uncle's house.

3. How does Cora tell them they need to get rid of the mesquite stump?
(a) They have to dynamite it out.
(b) They have to use LeeRoy's truck.
(c) They have to dig it out by hand.
(d) They have to use chemicals to make the root shrink.

4. What does Chú Quốc want for Hằng?
(a) He wants her to return to Vietnam.
(b) He wants her to give her grandmother a burial.
(c) He wants her to go to school and study medicine.
(d) He wants her to raise wild horses in Texas.

5. What does Hằng draw and write for Mrs. Brown?
(a) She draws pictures of her grandmother.
(b) She draws pictures of exotic fruit.
(c) She draws horses and then writes down a National Geographic article about wild horses.
(d) She draws pictures of the war and refugee camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man at the gate turn away LeeRoy's five dollars?

2. What is LeeRoy's impression of the hired hands?

3. How are LeeRoy and Hằng getting along at the start of their journey?

4. Why does LeeRoy think the girl at the rodeo is flirting with him?

5. What had happened to the monks on the boat?

(see the answer key)

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