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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 real name?
(a) His name is Bruce.
(b) His name is Donald.
(c) His name is Leon.
(d) His name is Leslie.

2. Why does LeeRoy not want a job?
(a) He does not have to work because his parents pay his way.
(b) He does not like to work.
(c) He canont find a job.
(d) This is his summer to be a cowboy and he has worked for it.

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

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

5. Why does Hằng not want her brother to stay with Cora?
(a) Hằng thinks Cora is wrong for not legally adopting Linh.
(b) Hằng does not want to stay at the ranch and does not think her brother should, either.
(c) Hằng's family gave up a lot to get to Linh and America.
(d) Linh will lose his Vietnamese heritage if he stays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Brown show Hằng?

2. What is LeeRoy's background?

3. How did Bà help Hằng and her mother when they were going to go on the boat?

4. What happens to the bus when Hằng goes inside the rest stop?

5. What does Hằng learn when she arrives in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Hằng sit down and refuse to leave once the police arrive?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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