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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 no budget because his parents are wealthy.
(c) He has $332 per week.
(d) He has to live on $19 a day.

2. What happened to Father Grady?
(a) He moved away from Texas.
(b) He left the church and got married.
(c) He left for Vietnam again.
(d) He was killed in a car accident.

3. How does Hằng help LeeRoy?
(a) She gives him food.
(b) She head-butts one of the men attacking him.
(c) She goes into the bar and makes sure he can meet Bruce Ford.
(d) She lends him money.

4. What happens to the bus when Hằng goes inside the rest stop?
(a) The bus becomes more crowded.
(b) The bus changes drivers.
(c) The bus breaks down.
(d) The bus drives off without her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hằng's impression of Texas from the bus?

2. What do we learn about the monks on the fishing boat through Hằng's memories?

3. What is LeeRoy's real name?

4. Why does LeeRoy try to stop Chú Quốc?

5. What is Hằng's first impression of LeeRoy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. Why do the cowboys trick LeeRoy?

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

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

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