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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hằng's father do for work?
(a) He was a soldier and translator.
(b) He was a chemist and made cosmetics for his wife.
(c) He was a monk.
(d) He was wealthy and did not have to work.

2. How much experience does LeeRoy have with girls?
(a) LeeRoy does not like girls.
(b) They ask him for help with math and he has kissed one girl.
(c) He was popular and dated many girls in high school.
(d) He had one serious girlfriend in high school.

3. What does Hằng write her own song about?
(a) She writes about her journey to America and how people like LeeRoy are kind as she seeks a future for herself.
(b) She writes about the ranch.
(c) She writes about a yellow butterfly and her brother.
(d) She writes about rain and soldiers killed in the war.

4. What does Angie's dad think of Hằng's confession?
(a) He thinks she is afraid of the pirates and is not telling the truth.
(b) He thinks she is being dishonest because she wants to get closer to Linh and Cora.
(c) He thinks she is telling the truth.
(d) He thinks she is telling the truth to hurt the family.

5. What does Hằng think of riding on a horse?
(a) She likes it because it makes her feel free,
(b) She likes it because it makes her feel closer to Linh.
(c) She does not like it because the horse is too rough.
(d) She does not like it because it is too far off the ground.

6. What advice does Chú Quốc's wife give to Hằng?
(a) She tells Hằng to dress more like an American.
(b) She tells Hằng to take conversational English classes.
(c) She tells Hằng not to tell people about her old life or the boat, because people will pity and judge her.
(d) She tells Hằng to get treatment to heal her scars.

7. How did Colonel Mackenzie defeat the Comanche?
(a) He told them to leave the land.
(b) He made them ill by poisoning their water.
(c) He destroyed their home and captured then killed many of their horses.
(d) He made them sign a peace treaty to leave the canyon to him.

8. How does Hằng get LeeRoy to agree to use his truck to move a mesquite trunk?
(a) She says she will sign her uncle's document.
(b) She agrees to go on a date with LeeRoy.
(c) She agrees to stop trying to talk to David.
(d) She agrees to give him one hundred dollars.

9. What is Mr. Morgan's secret to sweet melons?
(a) He adds crushed eggshell to the soil.
(b) He adds compost from the chickens around the vines.
(c) He grows ginger beside the melons.
(d) He waters them with salt water before first light.

10. Why does Angie tell her dad about her dance teacher?
(a) Angie thinks her dad needs to let go and not be so forceful with Hằng and Linh.
(b) Angie thinks her dad would benefit from physical exercise because he is so stressed.
(c) Angie wants her father to appreciate American dance more, and not just music.
(d) Angie wants her dad to support her dancing.

11. What happened on the island after the pirates left?
(a) Hằng and the girl never found pleasure again.
(b) Hằng and the girl were served a stunning feast of urchin, fish, wild ginger, and orchid.
(c) Hằng and the girl from the cave had a big argument about the reeds.
(d) Hằng and the girl were put on another boat to keep them safe from pirates.

12. What does Hằng confess to Linh?
(a) She tells him that they dug up their father's bones and her grandmother kept the bones.
(b) She tells him she pretended they were orphans to get on the plane, not knowing he would be taken alone.
(c) She tells him that she and her mother dressed as monks to get away so they could find him.
(d) She tells him about the refugee boat.

13. How does Linh react to Hằng's confession?
(a) He does not understand Vietnamese.
(b) He says he likes his life here better, anyway.
(c) He is angry at her for lying to him about where they were going.
(d) He forgives her.

14. What greets Hằng when she swims to the island?
(a) More pirates are waiting for them.
(b) The island is empty.
(c) Her and eight other refugees are greeted by people who give them food and coconut water.
(d) She sees the body of her mother washed up on shore.

15. What song does Angie put on the radio to soothe her dad?
(a) She puts on a rap song.
(b) She puts on a Vietnamese song about butterflies.
(c) She puts on a country song.
(d) She puts on a Vietnamese songs about rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David remember first from Hằng's stories?

2. Why doe the girl run towards the pirates?

3. Who comes to the canyon to find LeeRoy and Hằng?

4. How does Hằng react to the cowboys who hurt LeeRoy?

5. What does Hằng think could happen to Lan?

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