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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 is Hằng so scared of being pretty?
(a) She is scared how LeeRoy will react.
(b) Her grandmother told her to hide by being plain because being pretty meant attracting dangerous attention.
(c) Her mother did not want Hằng to be vain so she told Hằng never to be pretty.
(d) Hằng only recognizes Vietnamese styles of prettiness, not this American style.

2. What hurts Hằng when she falls?
(a) She hits her head on a rock.
(b) A rattlesnake bites her.
(c) Fire ants bite her.
(d) Linh's horse steps on her.

3. What does Hằng think of LeeRoy's rap?
(a) She says it is awful.
(b) She calls it a bad poem.
(c) She laughs and says she loves it.
(d) She changes a few lines for him.

4. Why does LeeRoy not hug Hằng?
(a) He can see she is traumatized and a hug would not be welcome.
(b) She is too cold and wet from the hail.
(c) He is too shy and too nervous around Hằng because he has a crush on her.
(d) He is worried they will fall into the canyon if he moves.

5. What happened to Hằng and her mother on the boat?
(a) Pirates kidnapped her mother and threw Hằng in the ocean.
(b) The other refugees ganged up on them and tried to rob them.
(c) The boat capsized in a big storm.
(d) Pirates slashed at Hằng's mother's clothes and Hằng attacked them before one of the pirates slashed her mother's throat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Hằng, LeeRoy, and the others do when it starts to rain and hail?

2. What decision did Lan reach about her experience?

3. How did Mildred help Mr. Morgan save the farm?

4. What did LeeRoy study in school in senior year?

5. Why is Cora being nice to Hằng?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the fair?

2. What is the significance of the Ferris Wheel?

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

4. What does the novel tell us about sacrifice?

5. What does LeeRoy realize as he sits beside Hằng?

6. What does Angie understand about her dad?

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

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

9. Why does David not tell anyone that he remembers the taste of fruit?

10. In what ways has LeeRoy changed?

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