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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. What does Mrs. Brown remember about Hằng's brother?
(a) An adoption agency brought Hằng to Amarillo.
(b) Linh came to Amarillo by himself, looking for Hằng.
(c) Brother Grady brought a boy named David to the church.
(d) A woman named Cora brought Linh to Amarillo.

2. What is Hằng's first impression of LeeRoy?
(a) He is the cleanest cowboy she has ever seen.
(b) He looks Vietnamese.
(c) He is chubby.
(d) He is unkind-looking.

3. What does LeeRoy notice too late?
(a) The cowboys are too drunk to count to eight.
(b) The cowboys want to kidnap Hằng.
(c) The cowboys have set him up to be hurt.
(d) The cowboys want to steal his money.

4. What does Mr. Morgan use for bedding for his horses?
(a) He uses grass.
(b) He uses hay.
(c) He uses oats.
(d) He uses hemp straw.

5. What did Hằng's father give Chú Quốc?
(a) He gave him a sponsorship letter to the United States.
(b) He gave him advice.
(c) He gave him his scholarship.
(d) He gave him ancestors' bones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hằng's appearance unusual?

2. Why does the bus pull over?

3. What is LeeRoy's impression of the hired hands?

4. What does Hằng overhear her brother say?

5. Why is David's horse important to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Hằng both happy and sad around Linh?

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

4. Why might Hằng think the story she tells about her father’s bones is happy while Chú Quốc is horrified and cries?

5. In what ways do Hằng and LeeRoy struggle with language and identity?

6. What does Linh’s (David’s) bond with his horse indicate?

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

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

9. What is LeeRoy’s relationship with his parent’s like?

10. How is Hằng shown to be different from the very start of the novel?

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