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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. Who comes to the canyon to find LeeRoy and Hằng?
(a) Cora and David arrive in a truck.
(b) Jack the delivery man comes to the canyon on a horse.
(c) David comes to the canyon on a bicycle.
(d) Mr. Morgan comes looking for them in his truck.

2. What does Hằng's father do for work?
(a) He was a monk.
(b) He was a soldier and translator.
(c) He was wealthy and did not have to work.
(d) He was a chemist and made cosmetics for his wife.

3. What does Hằng think could happen to Lan?
(a) She thinks Lan will succeed at forgetting and will go to college.
(b) She will not be able to start a new life in Australia because she will not be able to get the papers.
(c) She thinks Lan will work hard all her life.
(d) She will get a shiny life but then the memories will come at her from nowhere and she will not be able to keep them back.

4. What do Hằng, LeeRoy, and the others do when it starts to rain and hail?
(a) They get helmets to protect their heads.
(b) They go inside until the rain is over.
(c) They get rain barrels to collect the water and try to protect the vines.
(d) They run around in the rain and play.

5. How did Mildred help Mr. Morgan save the farm?
(a) When drought wiped out the wheat and straw, she taught him to grow prize cantaloupes.
(b) She suggested raising wild horses.
(c) She brought money into her marriage to help pay off the ranch.
(d) She bought a herd of longhorns and made the farm into a big ranch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he tell Hằng about longhorns?

2. Why is Hằng practicing her English?

3. Why is Angie's dad so upset?

4. How does Cora sew the dresses to hide Hằng's scars?

5. What decision does Mr. Morgan make?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hằng cry out when she falls when she does not shout when everything else happens to her?

2. In what ways are the stories LeeRoy tells related to Hằng’s memories?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the significance of the Ferris Wheel?

8. How does the book LeeRoy buy reflect his relationship with his parents?

9. What are some of the dangers Hằng encounters on her journey?

10. Why is Hằng upset when Angie arrives at the stables?

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