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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hằng react when she sees herself in the mirror?
(a) She cries and tries to tear at the makeup and clothes, saying she cannot be pretty.
(b) She wants more makeup and a different dress to try on.
(c) She wants LeeRoy to come see the way she looks.
(d) She is happy and thanks Cora.

2. What is Hằng considering she may do next?
(a) She is planning on leaving with LeeRoy when he leaves the ranch.
(b) She hopes Cora will adopt her.
(c) She plans to stay with En-Di and her uncle.
(d) She is wondering if she can ask for work on the ranch or can make a shelter on the land to be near her brother.

3. Why does LeeRoy try to give Hằng his cowboy hat?
(a) She is more of a cowboy than he is.
(b) She looks better in the hat.
(c) She needs a hat to protect her eyes.
(d) He likes his new cowboy hat better.

4. 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 his grandmother's face.
(d) He remembers how to talk in Vietnamese.

5. Why does LeeRoy rap?
(a) He wants to remind Hằng of their time on the road.
(b) He is trying to encourage Hằng to cry if she needs to.
(c) He wants to make Hằng go back to the house.
(d) He is scared that Hằng is so still and non-responsive.

6. What does En-Di suggest to her father?
(a) She wants her father to take David to a restaurant so they can eat together.
(b) She wants her father to tell David her family stories.
(c) She wants to let David know about their plans to move him with them.
(d) She wants to tell David the truth about how he got to America.

7. What does he tell Hằng about longhorns?
(a) Longhorns were brought to the area by the Spanish in the 1500s.
(b) Longhorns are the official logo for UT Austin, where LeeRoy wants to go to school.
(c) They like to eat grass.
(d) Longhorns are ideal for bronc riding.

8. What is the surprise LeeRoy gets his mom's help for?
(a) He gets his mom to arrange a scholarship to UT for Hằng/
(b) He gives Hằng his truck so she can travel to Austin to see him.
(c) He has his mom order a book about tropical fruits, as a gift to Hằng.
(d) He offers to have Hằng move back to Austin with him.

9. What does Hằng think could happen to Lan?
(a) She will not be able to start a new life in Australia because she will not be able to get the papers.
(b) She thinks Lan will succeed at forgetting and will go to college.
(c) She will get a shiny life but then the memories will come at her from nowhere and she will not be able to keep them back.
(d) She thinks Lan will work hard all her life.

10. 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.

11. What does the truck remind Hằng of?
(a) It reminds her of her drive with LeeRoy to find Linh.
(b) It reminds her of being cramped on the boat.
(c) It reminds her of the chicken coop at the ranch.
(d) It reminds her of her uncle's car.

12. What was the warning Hằng was given in the cave?
(a) Do not let the pirates see you.
(b) Drink enough water so you do not get sick.
(c) Stay in the cave until dark.
(d) Do not let the cave flood.

13. Why does LeeRoy not hug Hằng?
(a) He can see she is traumatized and a hug would not be welcome.
(b) He is too shy and too nervous around Hằng because he has a crush on her.
(c) She is too cold and wet from the hail.
(d) He is worried they will fall into the canyon if he moves.

14. What hurts Hằng when she falls?
(a) Fire ants bite her.
(b) Linh's horse steps on her.
(c) A rattlesnake bites her.
(d) She hits her head on a rock.

15. How did Colonel Mackenzie defeat the Comanche?
(a) He made them ill by poisoning their water.
(b) He told them to leave the land.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hằng hide?

2. Why does Hằng's uncle not want to hear the truth about what happened to Linh?

3. What does LeeRoy do on his day off?

4. What does Angie's dad think about her plans for dance?

5. Why does LeeRoy feel worse around Hằng?

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