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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hằng call the cowboy?
(a) She calls him Mr. Morgan.
(b) She calls him Ông Mó-gần.
(c) She calls him Jack.
(d) She calls him "sir."

2. What does Hằng give LeeRoy to try to convince him to take her to her brother?
(a) She gives him food.
(b) She gives him a book.
(c) She gives him $40.
(d) She gives him a rodeo buckle.

3. What does Mrs. Brown give to Hằng to help with nausea?
(a) She gives her ginger ale.
(b) She gives Hằng ginger.
(c) She gives her ice cubes in a cloth.
(d) She gives her pills.

4. Why does LeeRoy try to stop Chú Quốc?
(a) He does not want to lose the money he would gain by taking Hằng to her brother.
(b) He is angry at the uncle for calliing him a shiny cowboy.
(c) Hằng shouts to LeeRoy for help.
(d) He thinks it is what a cowboy would do.

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

6. What does Linh do when he sees Hằng at the door?
(a) He slams the door shut.
(b) He cries.
(c) He welcomes her in.
(d) He talks to her in Vietnamese.

7. What does Hằng overhear her brother say?
(a) He says he wishes Hằng never left Vietnam.
(b) He says that Hằng is strange because she is a refugee.
(c) He says Hằng will mess everything up because his mother never officially adopted him.
(d) He says he wishes he could speak Vietnamese so he could talk to Hằng.

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

9. What is LeeRoy's advice to Hằng to help her get closer to her brother?
(a) He tells Hằng to bring David a gift.
(b) He tells Hằng to hold back and to give him space.
(c) He tells Hằng to talk to David more.
(d) He tells Hằng to try to be around David all the time.

10. Why does Hằng eat ginger on the bus?
(a) She's bored.
(b) She wants to remember her past.
(c) She wants to soothe her nausea.
(d) She wants to be healthy.

11. What does Mrs. Brown show Hằng?
(a) She shows her pictures of her late husband and son.
(b) She shows her pictures of her own horses.
(c) She shows her a Christmas card with a picture of a blonde woman and a little boy.
(d) She shows her pictures of the church before it burnt down.

12. What is a ghost rodeo?
(a) It is where cowboys look for jobs and talk about their work.
(b) It is an illegal gambling operation.
(c) It is an event where horses are sold.
(d) It is an event where riders come together in a random field in the middle of the night.

13. What do the hired hands call Hằng?
(a) They call her a little Chinese girl.
(b) They call her Moon.
(c) They call her a cowgirl.
(d) They call her a refugee.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hằng's uncle say he did to find Linh?

3. Why does Hằng tell LeeRoy not to get on the horse?

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

5. Why does Hằng not want to give LeeRoy her orange?

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