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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hằng help LeeRoy?
(a) She gives him food.
(b) She lends him money.
(c) She goes into the bar and makes sure he can meet Bruce Ford.
(d) She head-butts one of the men attacking him.

2. What does Hằng learn when she arrives in America?
(a) That her gradmother wrote her a letter.
(b) That her mother arrived before her.
(c) That her grandmother has died.
(d) That Linh has been found.

3. What were David's first words in Amarillo?
(a) He said "thank you" to Brother Grady.
(b) He asked Mrs. Brown for help.
(c) He spoke in Vietnamese when eating an underripe plum.
(d) He prayed in Vietnamese.

4. What is a ghost rodeo?
(a) It is an illegal gambling operation.
(b) It is an event where horses are sold.
(c) It is an event where riders come together in a random field in the middle of the night.
(d) It is where cowboys look for jobs and talk about their work.

5. What does Hằng call her mother?
(a) She always called her Ma.
(b) She always called her Mama.
(c) She always called her Mẹ.
(d) She called her Ba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hằng's first impression of her brother?

2. When do Hằng and LeeRoy have to stay outside the stables?

3. What does Linh do when he sees Hằng at the door?

4. What do Hằng and LeeRoy have to eat?

5. What is LeeRoy's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the spiky memories that come up for Hằng and why are they spiky?

2. Why does Mrs. Brown steal LeeRoy’s wallet?

3. Why does the accident between Chú Quốc and LeeRoy happen?

4. What does LeeRoy’s reactions to the cowboys reveal about his ability to survive? How does it compare to Hằng?

5. Why does Chú Quốc not want to hear the truth about what happened to Linh in Vietnam?

6. What does Mrs. Brown’s offer of help and food represent in the story?

7. Why do the cowboys trick LeeRoy?

8. What is the intergenerational conflict that happens at the ranch when Hằng first meets Linh?

9. What is the significance of LeeRoy and Hằng arguing about the music The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?

10. How do people react to Hằng, and what does that reveal about difference?

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