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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. Why might Chú Quốc cry at Hằng's story, when he asked for a happy story?
(a) The story is very sad, though Hằng does not realize it.
(b) He is sad that the story will not help him adopt Linh.
(c) Chú Quốc is angry at the Communist leader and this makes him cry.
(d) He is sad that he does not have his own memories of Vietnam.

2. What does Hằng reveal in the stables, after the argument?
(a) She tells everyone she will sign her uncle's documents and testify before a judge.
(b) She tells everyone she wants to return to Vietnam.
(c) She tells everyone she will leave.
(d) She tells the truth about how Linh and her were separated at the airport.

3. Who helps LeeRoy, Hằng, and David?
(a) The gate man calls the police to have the cowboys arrested.
(b) Mr. Morgan arrives and gets them back to the ranch.
(c) Jack the hemp man stops Hằng and comes back with helpers.
(d) A random cowboy takes on the cowboys in a fight.

4. How does Hằng get LeeRoy to agree to use his truck to move a mesquite trunk?
(a) She agrees to give him one hundred dollars.
(b) She agrees to stop trying to talk to David.
(c) She says she will sign her uncle's document.
(d) She agrees to go on a date with LeeRoy.

5. How much experience does LeeRoy have with girls?
(a) They ask him for help with math and he has kissed one girl.
(b) He had one serious girlfriend in high school.
(c) LeeRoy does not like girls.
(d) He was popular and dated many girls in high school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in the cave?

2. Why does LeeRoy rap?

3. Why does LeeRoy try to give Hằng his cowboy hat?

4. What does Hằng write her own song about?

5. Why does LeeRoy feel worse around Hằng?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways have LeeRoy’s dreams changed at the end of the book?

2. Compare and contrast how Lan (Orchid) and Hằng deal with their trauma.

3. Why does Hằng blame herself for her mother’s death?

4. How do songs convey emotions and experiences words alone cannot express?

5. Why does Hằng panic when Cora makes her pretty?

6. In what ways have Hằng’s dreams and goals changed?

7. What is Hằng’s relationship to the land?

8. How does Chú Quốc try to convince Hằng to sign the documents and what does it reveal about him?

9. What does the symbol of the butterfly mean?

10. What does this part of the novel uncover about physical and mental scars?

(see the answer keys)

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