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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Morgan call Hằng?
(a) He calls her a scalawag.
(b) He calls her "young miss."
(c) He calls her Hằng.
(d) He calls her moon.

2. Why does LeeRoy not want to knock at Linh's house in the middle of the night?
(a) He is tired and wants to sleep first.
(b) He is hungry and does not think the people inside will feed them.
(c) He wants to get going and leave Hằng on her own.
(d) People in the area shoot at intruders.

3. Why does Hằng not want to give LeeRoy her orange?
(a) LeeRoy is allergic to oranges.
(b) She thinks LeeRoy has enough food for himself.
(c) She wants it for herself.
(d) She is saving it for her brother.

4. What does LeeRoy want to do at the ghost rodeo?
(a) He wants to earn his grandfather's buckle by taking part in saddle bronc.
(b) He wants to buy a horse.
(c) He wants to get rid of David and Hằng.
(d) He wants to get a job with Bruce Ford.

5. Why is Hằng nervous about her uncle finding her?
(a) Her uncle wants to take her back with him.
(b) Her uncle wants to punish her.
(c) She owes her uncle money.
(d) She is being grounded.

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

7. What advice does Bà give about Chú Quốc?
(a) She says that Hằng should flatter him.
(b) She says that Hằng should stand up to him.
(c) She says that Hằng should obey him.
(d) She says that Hằng may need to go around him.

8. What happens to LeeRoy at the bar?
(a) He agrees to join a rodeo.
(b) He gets tossed out.
(c) He gets a job from Bruce Ford.
(d) He pays for a horse.

9. What does David agree to in order to come to the midnight rodeo?
(a) He agrees to give LeeRoy money.
(b) He agrees to board his horse somewhere else.
(c) He agrees to talk to Hằng every lunch hour.
(d) He agrees to let LeeRoy have his horse.

10. What is LeeRoy's real name?
(a) His name is Leon.
(b) His name is Donald.
(c) His name is Bruce.
(d) His name is Leslie.

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

12. How are LeeRoy and Hằng getting along at the start of their journey?
(a) LeeRoy and Hằng are indifferent to each other.
(b) They are arguing and LeeRoy is resentful.
(c) Hằng is scared of LeeRoy.
(d) Hằng and LeeRoy are attracted to each other.

13. What does Hằng plant for herself and LeeRoy?
(a) She plants vegetables, including mustard greens, celery, and ginger.
(b) She plants flowers.
(c) She plants melons so she can sell them at the fair and make more money.
(d) She plants exotic fruit to give to her brother.

14. What happened to Father Grady?
(a) He left for Vietnam again.
(b) He was killed in a car accident.
(c) He left the church and got married.
(d) He moved away from Texas.

15. What does Hằng learn when she arrives in America?
(a) That her gradmother wrote her a letter.
(b) That her grandmother has died.
(c) That her mother arrived before her.
(d) That Linh has been found.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is David's horse important to him?

3. When do Hằng and LeeRoy have to stay outside the stables?

4. What advice does En-Di give to Hằng?

5. What does Hằng want to do when LeeRoy is turned away by the gate man?

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