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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the goal of saddle bronc?
(a) It is to get the horse calmed down and back into the trailer.
(b) It is to do three laps around the ring.
(c) It is to stay on a bucking horse for eight seconds.
(d) It is to stay on a bucking horse for three seconds.

3. What does Mr. Morgan use for bedding for his horses?
(a) He uses grass.
(b) He uses hemp straw.
(c) He uses hay.
(d) He uses oats.

4. How does LeeRoy stop Chú Quốc's car?
(a) He crashes into the back of the car.
(b) He sideswipes the car.
(c) He stops his truck sideways in front of the car.
(d) He calls the police.

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

6. Why does Hằng lie to her grandmother and mother about what happened to Linh?
(a) The punishment from her family would be severe if they found out the truth.
(b) Hằng lies to protect her brother.
(c) Hằng does not remember what happened because she is traumatized, so she makes up a story.
(d) When Hằng says Linh is gone, her grandmother assumes he is kidanpped and Hằng cannot bring herself to admit what happened.

7. Why is Hằng's appearance unusual?
(a) She has dyed her hair to fit in and it came out looking strange.
(b) She had shaved her head and eyelashes as part of her disguise as a monk and they are only now growing back.
(c) She wears a big cowboy hat.
(d) She insists on wearing dresses, even though she works on a ranch.

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

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

10. Why does Hằng want to find her brother before nightfall?
(a) She has to catch the bus back home.
(b) She is impatient.
(c) Her brother is moving tomorrow.
(d) She expects her uncle will track her down.

11. Where does Hằng fall when she gets out of the truck?
(a) She falls into a ditch full of thistles.
(b) She falls into a field.
(c) She falls into a mud puddle.
(d) She falls into a ditch full of water.

12. What experience does LeeRoy have riding bronc?
(a) He took many lessons in rodeo techniques.
(b) He learned to ride from Mr. Morgan.
(c) He took pony rides as a child and read about Bruce Ford.
(d) He learned to ride bronc from his grandfather for years.

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

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

15. Why does the neighbor look like a real cowboy to Hằng?
(a) He is driving a new pick up truck.
(b) He has bowed legs and an old leather hat.
(c) He looks like LeeRoy.
(d) He has a big moustache.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hằng observe her brother doing with his horse?

2. What does LeeRoy notice too late?

3. How does Hằng find Chú Quốc different from her father?

4. What does Hằng give LeeRoy to try to convince him to take her to her brother?

5. What does Hằng remember looking in the bar?

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