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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. Where does Hằng stay after she comes back from the canyon?
(a) She stays in LeeRoy's truck.
(b) She stays in Mr. Morgan's house.
(c) She stays in the stable.
(d) She stays in Cora's house.

2. Why does Hằng want to remember now, when she tried to keep her memories at bay before?
(a) She is happy to remember.
(b) There is no point in keeping the memories at bay now that she has confessed to her uncle.
(c) She wants to write her stories down and she needs to remember.
(d) She feels safe in the canyon with LeeRoy.

3. What is the history of the canyon?
(a) It was always barren land.
(b) It used to be a glacier.
(c) It used to be the site of a lot of houses.
(d) It used to be an ocean and then Native people lived in the area for twelve thousand years.

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

5. Why does Hằng's uncle not want to hear the truth about what happened to Linh?
(a) He does not want Hằng to get upset by remembering.
(b) He thinks the truth will make him too sad.
(c) It will not help him adopt Linh and that is the only thing he cares about.
(d) It will just make him feel worse about not being able to help the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hằng so scared of being pretty?

2. How does Linh react to Hằng's confession?

3. Why do the cowboys say they tricked LeeRoy?

4. What greets Hằng when she swims to the island?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Angie understand about her dad?

3. What is the significance of the feast the islanders make for Hằng and the girl in the cave?

4. What is the significance of the inscription LeeRoy writes in the book?

5. What happens to the cowboys who hurt LeeRoy?

6. Discuss the ways in which learning is portrayed in the novel.

7. What punishment does Mr. Morgan impose?

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

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

10. Why does Hằng tell her uncle the story of her father’s bones?

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