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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 37-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to David's horse?
(a) She gets overheated and develops a fever.
(b) She breaks a leg.
(c) She trips and falls over.
(d) Her face is bit by a rattlesnake.

2. What is Hằng's impression of Texas from the bus?
(a) It is boring.
(b) It is too full of people.
(c) It is vast and empty, with big skies and lots of billboards.
(d) It is too hot.

3. What did Hằng's father give Chú Quốc?
(a) He gave him ancestors' bones.
(b) He gave him advice.
(c) He gave him a sponsorship letter to the United States.
(d) He gave him his scholarship.

4. How is LeeRoy hurt?
(a) The cowboys beat him up and throw him out of the rodeo because he is a shiny cowboy.
(b) Hằng accidentally hurts him with her knife.
(c) He hurts his crotch when it is slammed into the saddle horn during his ride.
(d) He falls off the horse.

5. 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 convince her brother to come with her to their uncle's house.
(d) She thinks she can lie to the lawyers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hằng's uncle not sponsor the family to immigrate to America?

2. Why is Hằng's appearance unusual?

3. What do Hằng and LeeRoy have to eat?

4. Where does LeeRoy follow Hằng to?

5. How did Bà help Hằng and her mother when they were going to go on the boat?

(see the answer key)

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