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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) He thinks the truth will make him too sad.
(c) It will just make him feel worse about not being able to help the family.
(d) He does not want Hằng to get upset by remembering.

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

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

5. What does LeeRoy do to try to get Hằng to smile?
(a) He tells her a joke about a rodeo.
(b) He tells her about his worries about college.
(c) He gets on all fours and pretends to be a longhorn.
(d) He sings a sentimental ballad.

6. What decision does Mr. Morgan make?
(a) He decides to hire Hằng to work on the ranch.
(b) He decides to sell the ranch to his attorney son and then retire.
(c) He decides to ask Hằng and LeeRoy to leave.
(d) He decides to breed horses.

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

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

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

10. What happens in the cave?
(a) A bear comes into the cave.
(b) There is a snake in the cave.
(c) Some insects burrow under Hằng's skin and into the girl's skin.
(d) Pirates come into the cave and find them.

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

12. Why doe the girl run towards the pirates?
(a) She is scared and does not understand which way she is running.
(b) After being on the boat, she does not want to be in the water ever again.
(c) She recognizes someone from her village.
(d) She does not believe the villagers and their advice.

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

14. What does LeeRoy realize about Hằng and his dreams to be a cowboy?
(a) He cannot force Hằng to reveal more to him, just as he cannot will himself to be a cowboy.
(b) He realizes that both his dreams and Hằng's hopes make no sense.
(c) He needs to talk to Hằng about being a cowboy.
(d) He realizes he needs to tell Hằng he is leaving the ranch to follow Bruce Ford.

15. Where does LeeRoy follow Hằng to?
(a) They run to Cora's house.
(b) They sit down at the egde of Palo Duro Canyon.
(c) They run back to the stable.
(d) They run to Mr. Morgan's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hằng get sad after they sing the song on the Ferris wheel?

2. What does the truck remind Hằng of?

3. What did LeeRoy study in school in senior year?

4. How is LeeRoy hurt?

5. Why does LeeRoy think he has turned into a sap?

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