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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 the goal of saddle bronc?
(a) It is to stay on a bucking horse for eight seconds.
(b) It is to stay on a bucking horse for three seconds.
(c) It is to get the horse calmed down and back into the trailer.
(d) It is to do three laps around the ring.

2. What advice does En-Di give to Hằng?
(a) She suggests Hằng tell everyone her name is Moon, she is 12, and her parents are letting her go on an adventure.
(b) She tells Hằng to eat lots of ginger to handle motion sickness.
(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.

3. Why are Hằng and LeeRoy on Mr. Morgan's ranch?
(a) They are working for money to get Linh back to Vietnam.
(b) They are working off the damage to the truck.
(c) They need money for food.
(d) It is a punishment from Cora.

4. What is LeeRoy's impression of the hired hands?
(a) They have nicer clothes than he does.
(b) They are not very bright.
(c) They are not clean and do not show the respect Bruce Ford has by dressing like cowboys.
(d) They are real cowboys and he wants to be rough just like them.

5. Why does the man at the gate turn away LeeRoy's five dollars?
(a) He thinks LeeRoy is a fake cowboy and can get hurt.
(b) LeeRoy is from out of town and this rodeo is only for locals.
(c) He wants more money.
(d) LeeRoy does not have his own horse to take part in the rodeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Morgan call Hằng?

2. What injury does LeeRoy sustain?

3. How are LeeRoy and Hằng getting along at the start of their journey?

4. Why does Hằng not want her brother to stay with Cora?

5. What does Mr. Morgan use for bedding for his horses?

Short Essay Questions

1. We hear two versions of how Linh got to America—what are those versions?

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

3. What do Hằng’s and LeeRoy’s different reactions to Mexican Hat reveal about their personalities?

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

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

6. What are some signs that LeeRoy is less annoyed with Hằng?

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

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

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

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

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