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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hằng reveal in the stables, after the argument?
(a) She tells everyone she wants to return to Vietnam.
(b) She tells everyone she will leave.
(c) She tells everyone she will sign her uncle's documents and testify before a judge.
(d) She tells the truth about how Linh and her were separated at the airport.

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

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

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

5. Where does Hằng hide?
(a) She covers herself in mud so nobody will notice her.
(b) She hides in a tree.
(c) She hides under some bushes.
(d) She hides in a cave with another girl.

6. What happened to Hằng and her mother on the boat?
(a) Pirates kidnapped her mother and threw Hằng in the ocean.
(b) The boat capsized in a big storm.
(c) The other refugees ganged up on them and tried to rob them.
(d) Pirates slashed at Hằng's mother's clothes and Hằng attacked them before one of the pirates slashed her mother's throat.

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

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

9. 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.

10. What does Amarillo mean?
(a) It means hope.
(b) It means yellow.
(c) It means butterfly.
(d) It means tropical tree.

11. What happened on the island after the pirates left?
(a) Hằng and the girl were put on another boat to keep them safe from pirates.
(b) Hằng and the girl never found pleasure again.
(c) Hằng and the girl from the cave had a big argument about the reeds.
(d) Hằng and the girl were served a stunning feast of urchin, fish, wild ginger, and orchid.

12. Why does Linh shout at Hằng to not stand behind the horse?
(a) Horses kick if someone is behind them.
(b) He wants Hằng to talk to her uncle, so he does not have to.
(c) He does not want Hằng to talk to him anymore.
(d) He does not want Hằng near his favorite horse.

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

14. How does Hằng's father body come home from the war?
(a) The body is never returned.
(b) The ashes are brought home by Hằng.
(c) It is brought home in rice sacks.
(d) The bones are brought home in a tin.

15. What does Hằng ask LeeRoy to do?
(a) She asks him to take them back to Mr. Morgan's house.
(b) She asks him to put the tarp over them to keep them dry.
(c) She asks him to keep talking.
(d) She asks him for hot cocoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does En-Di suggest to her father?

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

3. Why does LeeRoy not hug Hằng?

4. What is Mr. Morgan's secret to sweet melons?

5. What song does Angie put on the radio to soothe her dad?

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