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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hằng not want her brother to stay with Cora?
(a) Linh will lose his Vietnamese heritage if he stays.
(b) Hằng thinks Cora is wrong for not legally adopting Linh.
(c) Hằng's family gave up a lot to get to Linh and America.
(d) Hằng does not want to stay at the ranch and does not think her brother should, either.

2. Why is Hằng impressed to see LeeRoy eating the orange peel?
(a) She thinks he must be really hungry to eat the inedible part.
(b) LeeRoy found another orange to eat.
(c) He is eating the white part, which has a lot of Vitamin C.
(d) There is not much left of the orange and Hằng is impressed he finds something to eat.

3. What does Hằng observe her brother doing with his horse?
(a) He reads books to the horse.
(b) He hides candies on his clothes and has the horse find them.
(c) He goes for long rides while the horse recovers.
(d) He feeds the horse hemp.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What advice does En-Di give to Hằng?
(a) She tells Hằng to start lots of conversations and rely on the kindness of strangers.
(b) She tells Hằng to eat lots of ginger to handle motion sickness.
(c) She tells Hằng to read on the bus to pass the time.
(d) She suggests Hằng tell everyone her name is Moon, she is 12, and her parents are letting her go on an adventure.

13. Why is Hằng's appearance unusual?
(a) She wears a big cowboy hat.
(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 has dyed her hair to fit in and it came out looking strange.
(d) She insists on wearing dresses, even though she works on a ranch.

14. How does Hằng think she can prevent confessing about what happened at the airport?
(a) She thinks she can convince her brother to come with her to their uncle's house.
(b) She thinks she can lie to the lawyers.
(c) She thinks she can get LeeRoy to convince her uncle not to be so pushy.
(d) She thinks she can pretend not to understand the questions in English.

15. 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) When Hằng says Linh is gone, her grandmother assumes he is kidanpped and Hằng cannot bring herself to admit what happened.
(c) Hằng does not remember what happened because she is traumatized, so she makes up a story.
(d) Hằng lies to protect her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chú Quốc want for Hằng?

2. Where does Hằng fall when she gets out of the truck?

3. Why does the bus pull over?

4. What does LeeRoy want to do at the ghost rodeo?

5. Where did LeeRoy's grandmother want to live?

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