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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cora do for Hằng?
(a) She cuts her hair, puts on makeup, and sews her dresses that hide her scars.
(b) She teaches Hằng to cook American food.
(c) She offers to adopt Hằng.
(d) She gives her a horse.

2. Why might Chú Quốc cry at Hằng's story, when he asked for a happy story?
(a) The story is very sad, though Hằng does not realize it.
(b) Chú Quốc is angry at the Communist leader and this makes him cry.
(c) He is sad that the story will not help him adopt Linh.
(d) He is sad that he does not have his own memories of Vietnam.

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

4. What does Hằng realize when En-Di talks to Linh?
(a) Linh will never talk to Hằng, no matter how hard she tries.
(b) En-Di is pretty and that is why other people like to talk to her.
(c) Hằng should have talked to him about horses, because that it what he is interested in.
(d) Hằng never had a chance to get to know Linh.

5. How does Hằng react to the cowboys who hurt LeeRoy?
(a) She head-butts them.
(b) She ignores them.
(c) She shouts at them.
(d) She tries to run at them with a knife.

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

7. What is Hằng considering she may do next?
(a) She hopes Cora will adopt her.
(b) 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.
(c) She plans to stay with En-Di and her uncle.
(d) She is planning on leaving with LeeRoy when he leaves the ranch.

8. Why do the cowboys say they tricked LeeRoy?
(a) He was too drunk.
(b) He was too aggressive.
(c) He was play-acting at being a cowboy.
(d) He had too much money and they wanted some.

9. 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.

10. Why does Cora ask David to go get LeeRoy?
(a) Hằng asks for LeeRoy.
(b) She wants LeeRoy's opinion on the dress.
(c) She wants LeeRoy to see how pretty Hằng looks.
(d) She knows LeeRoy can soothe Hằng.

11. What does Hằng think could happen to Lan?
(a) 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.
(b) She thinks Lan will work hard all her life.
(c) She thinks Lan will succeed at forgetting and will go to college.
(d) She will not be able to start a new life in Australia because she will not be able to get the papers.

12. Why was Hằng given reeds?
(a) They could use the reeds as weapons to defend themsleves from pirates.
(b) They could scratch insect bites with the reeds.
(c) The reeds were edible and would give her something to eat.
(d) If the pirates came, she and the girl could breathe underwater so the pirates could not find them.

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

14. Where is Hằng's home at the end of the book?
(a) She lives in Cora's house.
(b) She lives in a UT dorm.
(c) She lives in her uncle's house.
(d) She lives in Austin.

15. Why might Hằng smile at LeeRoy after Angie flirts with him?
(a) She sees that LeeRoy wants to help Angie.
(b) She sees that LeeRoy is not flirting back.
(c) She starts to see LeeRoy from her cousin's perspective and sees that he is cute.
(d) She sees that LeeRoy wants to help Linh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What greets Hằng when she swims to the island?

2. What does Hằng reveal in the stables, after the argument?

3. What does LeeRoy do to try to get Hằng to smile?

4. How do the cowboys at the country diner treat LeeRoy?

5. Where does Hằng stay after she comes back from the canyon?

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