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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did LeeRoy get treatment for his injury?
(a) LeeRoy ignored the injury.
(b) David insisted the vet check LeeRoy over.
(c) LeeRoy went to the hospital.
(d) LeeRoy called his parents and they arranged a doctor.

2. What does LeeRoy do on his day off?
(a) He goes for a walk.
(b) He goes to a rodeo.
(c) He stays at the ranch.
(d) He goes to the movies.

3. Why does the Communist quandrant leader get angry at Hằng's mother?
(a) She is unwell and does not work, and he believes everyone should labor.
(b) He wants the house and is annoyed she will not sign it over.
(c) She wears makeup and he feels this is dishonest.
(d) She is rude to him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What causes a panic on the island?
(a) There is a fire.
(b) There is a flood.
(c) More pirates are coming.
(d) There is a bad storm moving in.

11. 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 rain and soldiers killed in the war.
(d) She writes about a yellow butterfly and her brother.

12. What did LeeRoy study in school in senior year?
(a) He studied Chemistry and Vietnamese History.
(b) He studied how to be a cowboy.
(c) He studied Calculus and History.
(d) He studied the geological, historical, and political significance of the Palo Duro Canyon.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Colonel Mackenzie defeat the Comanche?

2. How do the cowboys react to Hằng?

3. Why does LeeRoy not hug Hằng?

4. Why is Hằng practicing her English?

5. What happens to the girl in the cave?

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