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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hằng remove from the cantaloupe vines?
(a) She removes worms for the chickens.
(b) She removes Mexican Hat, because they are weeds.
(c) She removes mildewed leaves and any baby melons that would overcrowd the vines.
(d) She removes the chickens that try to peck at the vines.

4. What does LeeRoy notice when he gets on the horse?
(a) His chaps are loose and will get tangled.
(b) There is a saddle horn, which should not be there.
(c) The horse is sick and dangerous to ride.
(d) The saddle is on too loose.

5. What does Mrs. Brown remember about Hằng's brother?
(a) A woman named Cora brought Linh to Amarillo.
(b) Brother Grady brought a boy named David to the church.
(c) An adoption agency brought Hằng to Amarillo.
(d) Linh came to Amarillo by himself, looking for Hằng.

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

7. Why is David's horse important to him?
(a) She is a distraction.
(b) She is the first thing that belonged to him and because of her he felt he was at home.
(c) She helps him stay in shape for football.
(d) He wants to be a cowboy and having his own horse is important for that.

8. 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 lie to the lawyers.
(c) She thinks she can convince her brother to come with her to their uncle's house.
(d) She thinks she can pretend not to understand the questions in English.

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

10. Why are Hằng and LeeRoy on Mr. Morgan's ranch?
(a) They need money for food.
(b) It is a punishment from Cora.
(c) They are working for money to get Linh back to Vietnam.
(d) They are working off the damage to the truck.

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

12. What does Hằng do every morning?
(a) She learns to ride a horse
(b) She climbs on a ladder to spy on her brother.
(c) She tends her fruit garden.
(d) She draws horses.

13. How does Hằng find Chú Quốc different from her father?
(a) Her father was a better driver.
(b) Her father was thinner with a more soothing voice.
(c) Her father talked more rapidly.
(d) Her father was a better businessman.

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

15. What does Hằng want to do when LeeRoy is turned away by the gate man?
(a) She wants to argue with the gate man and try to give him more money to let LeeRoy ride.
(b) She wants to talk to Linh about horses.
(c) She wants to go home.
(d) She wants to see what else is at the ghost rodeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hằng do in the rest stop when she panics?

2. What is LeeRoy's background?

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

4. What does Hằng plant for herself and LeeRoy?

5. What were David's first words in Amarillo?

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