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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 advice to Hằng to help her get closer to her brother?
(a) He tells Hằng to try to be around David all the time.
(b) He tells Hằng to talk to David more.
(c) He tells Hằng to hold back and to give him space.
(d) He tells Hằng to bring David a gift.

2. What injury does LeeRoy sustain?
(a) He sprains his arm.
(b) He gets a blood nose.
(c) He breaks a leg.
(d) He has a back injury.

3. Why is David's horse important to him?
(a) She is a distraction.
(b) She is the first thing that belonged to him and because of her he felt he was at home.
(c) She helps him stay in shape for football.
(d) He wants to be a cowboy and having his own horse is important for that.

4. Why is Hằng nervous about her uncle finding her?
(a) She is being grounded.
(b) Her uncle wants to punish her.
(c) Her uncle wants to take her back with him.
(d) She owes her uncle money.

5. What does Hằng remove from the cantaloupe vines?
(a) She removes the chickens that try to peck at the vines.
(b) She removes Mexican Hat, because they are weeds.
(c) She removes worms for the chickens.
(d) She removes mildewed leaves and any baby melons that would overcrowd the vines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the goal of saddle bronc?

2. What does Hằng give LeeRoy to try to convince him to take her to her brother?

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

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

5. Why does the bus pull over?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Mrs. Brown’s offer of help and food represent in the story?

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