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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 is LeeRoy's budget?
(a) He has to live on $5.50 a day.
(b) He has $332 per week.
(c) He has no budget because his parents are wealthy.
(d) He has to live on $19 a day.

2. What happens to LeeRoy at the bar?
(a) He pays for a horse.
(b) He agrees to join a rodeo.
(c) He gets a job from Bruce Ford.
(d) He gets tossed out.

3. What is LeeRoy's real name?
(a) His name is Leon.
(b) His name is Donald.
(c) His name is Leslie.
(d) His name is Bruce.

4. What advice does En-Di give to Hằng?
(a) She tells Hằng to eat lots of ginger to handle motion sickness.
(b) She suggests Hằng tell everyone her name is Moon, she is 12, and her parents are letting her go on an adventure.
(c) She tells Hằng to start lots of conversations and rely on the kindness of strangers.
(d) She tells Hằng to read on the bus to pass the time.

5. Why does the neighbor look like a real cowboy to Hằng?
(a) He looks like LeeRoy.
(b) He is driving a new pick up truck.
(c) He has bowed legs and an old leather hat.
(d) He has a big moustache.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hằng do in the rest stop when she panics?

2. What does Mr. Morgan call Hằng?

3. What did Hằng's father give Chú Quốc?

4. What is LeeRoy's advice to Hằng to help her get closer to her brother?

5. Why does Hằng lie to her grandmother and mother about what happened to Linh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the role of kindness and community as Hằng seeks her brother?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why do LeeRoy and Hằng have different attitudes about food?

8. What does Hằng’s reaction to the bus leaving without her reveal about her ability to survive?

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

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

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