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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 LeeRoy want to do at the ghost rodeo?
(a) He wants to buy a horse.
(b) He wants to get rid of David and Hằng.
(c) He wants to earn his grandfather's buckle by taking part in saddle bronc.
(d) He wants to get a job with Bruce Ford.

2. What do the hired hands call Hằng?
(a) They call her a cowgirl.
(b) They call her a refugee.
(c) They call her a little Chinese girl.
(d) They call her Moon.

3. Why does Hằng lie to her grandmother and mother about what happened to Linh?
(a) The punishment from her family would be severe if they found out the truth.
(b) Hằng lies to protect her brother.
(c) When Hằng says Linh is gone, her grandmother assumes he is kidanpped and Hằng cannot bring herself to admit what happened.
(d) Hằng does not remember what happened because she is traumatized, so she makes up a story.

4. What do we learn about the monks on the fishing boat through Hằng's memories?
(a) Her mother and her disguised themsleves as monks.
(b) The monks were pirates in disguise.
(c) The refugees asked the monks to come with them to protect them.
(d) The monks were from a nearby temple.

5. What does Hằng do in the rest stop when she panics?
(a) She calls the police for help.
(b) She stays in the rest stop and waits for her uncle.
(c) She remembers her grandmother's advice to take the next step and to ask someone likely for help.
(d) She has a panic attack and throws up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does LeeRoy try to stop Chú Quốc?

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

3. What does Mrs. Brown give to Hằng to help with nausea?

4. What had happened to the monks on the boat?

5. Where does Hằng fall when she gets out of the truck?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Hằng reflects that LeeRoy’s name means Glass-Whip in Vietnamese. In what ways is LeeRoy like a Glass Whip at this stage of the novel?

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