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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is LeeRoy's budget?
(a) He has no budget because his parents are wealthy.
(b) He has $332 per week.
(c) He has to live on $5.50 a day.
(d) He has to live on $19 a day.

2. What were David's first words in Amarillo?
(a) He prayed in Vietnamese.
(b) He spoke in Vietnamese when eating an underripe plum.
(c) He said "thank you" to Brother Grady.
(d) He asked Mrs. Brown for help.

3. What had happened to the monks on the boat?
(a) The monks prayed with the refugees.
(b) Before, the pirates had let them be but a new set of pirates lifted their machetes.
(c) The monks protected the refugees.
(d) The monks were disliked by the other refugees because the refugees were fleeing religious persecution.

4. How did Bà help Hằng and her mother when they were going to go on the boat?
(a) She bought them supplies, including pills for disease.
(b) She wrote down all her wise sayings so they would not forget.
(c) She packed up her son's bones so they could travel to America.
(d) She sewed them diguises and packed food and water.

5. How does En-Di help Hằng?
(a) She convinces LeeRoy to drive Hằng to Amarillo.
(b) She packs her clothes in a backpack and gives her sixty dollars of savings, then drives her to the bus station.
(c) She tells her dad where Hằng is going so he can keep Hằng safe.
(d) She lends Hằng her Mustang.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does LeeRoy not want a job?

2. What did Hằng's father give Chú Quốc?

3. What do LeeRoy's parents give him as part of his graduation present?

4. What is Hằng's impression of Texas from the bus?

5. What does Chú Quốc want for Hằng?

(see the answer key)

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