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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David remember first from Hằng's stories?
(a) He remembers the taste of fruit.
(b) He remembers his father's stories.
(c) He remembers how to talk in Vietnamese.
(d) He remembers his grandmother's face.

2. What happens to the girl in the cave?
(a) Her face has been burned and her hair has been cut off.
(b) She has made it to safety and can now help Hằng heal.
(c) She has been assaulted by the pirates and her back is burned.
(d) She has been killed.

3. What does Hằng think of LeeRoy's rap?
(a) She says it is awful.
(b) She changes a few lines for him.
(c) She calls it a bad poem.
(d) She laughs and says she loves it.

4. What does everyone see after LeeRoy helps Linh?
(a) They see Hằng's ratty clothes.
(b) They see that Hằng has been hiding money under her shirt.
(c) They see that Hằng has tattoos.
(d) They see Hằng's scars.

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

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

7. What decision did Lan reach about her experience?
(a) She decided to change her name and act like nothing had happened to her.
(b) She wanted lawyers to get the pirates thrown in jail.
(c) She decided she wanted to write stories to share her experiences.
(d) She wanted to travel to Texas with Hằng.

8. Where does Hằng stay after she comes back from the canyon?
(a) She stays in LeeRoy's truck.
(b) She stays in the stable.
(c) She stays in Cora's house.
(d) She stays in Mr. Morgan's house.

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

10. How is LeeRoy hurt?
(a) He hurts his crotch when it is slammed into the saddle horn during his ride.
(b) Hằng accidentally hurts him with her knife.
(c) The cowboys beat him up and throw him out of the rodeo because he is a shiny cowboy.
(d) He falls off the horse.

11. Why is Angie's dad so upset?
(a) Without Hằng's testimony, he cannot adopt Linh.
(b) He is sad that Linh does not want to talk to him.
(c) Hằng did not tell him the truth before.
(d) He is listening to a sad song.

12. How does Cora sew the dresses to hide Hằng's scars?
(a) She makes the dresses heavy and long.
(b) She adds big blazers to every jacket.
(c) She puts in skin-clored sleeves and inserts, then adds stockings and light scarves.
(d) She has Hằng wear tutlenecks, skirts, and cowboy boots.

13. Why does Hằng's uncle not want to hear the truth about what happened to Linh?
(a) It will not help him adopt Linh and that is the only thing he cares about.
(b) It will just make him feel worse about not being able to help the family.
(c) He does not want Hằng to get upset by remembering.
(d) He thinks the truth will make him too sad.

14. How do the cowboys at the country diner treat LeeRoy?
(a) They are polite and treat him like one of their own.
(b) They call him a rhinestone cowboy.
(c) The laugh at him.
(d) They throw him out of the diner.

15. Why does the Ferris wheel man let Hằng ride for free?
(a) The fair is not too busy so he is letting some people on the ride for free.
(b) She agrees to say "I reckon so."
(c) He likes her dress.
(d) He feels bad for LeeRoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cora do for Hằng?

2. How did LeeRoy get treatment for his injury?

3. Why does LeeRoy try to give Hằng his cowboy hat?

4. What punishment does Mr. Morgan devise for Linh, Hằng, and LeeRoy for going to the midnight rodeo?

5. What causes a panic on the island?

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