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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 does LeeRoy do to help Linh?
(a) He grabs a first aid kit.
(b) He calls a hospital.
(c) She grabs her shirt and tries to wipe her skin.
(d) He calls a vet because Linh's vet is closest to the ranch.

2. What happens in the cave?
(a) There is a snake in the cave.
(b) A bear comes into the cave.
(c) Pirates come into the cave and find them.
(d) Some insects burrow under Hằng's skin and into the girl's skin.

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

4. What is Mr. Morgan's secret to sweet melons?
(a) He adds crushed eggshell to the soil.
(b) He waters them with salt water before first light.
(c) He grows ginger beside the melons.
(d) He adds compost from the chickens around the vines.

5. How does Hằng's father body come home from the war?
(a) The ashes are brought home by Hằng.
(b) The body is never returned.
(c) It is brought home in rice sacks.
(d) The bones are brought home in a tin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does LeeRoy feel worse around Hằng?

2. What does LeeRoy realize about Hằng and his dreams to be a cowboy?

3. What does he tell Hằng about longhorns?

4. Why doe the girl run towards the pirates?

5. Why does the Ferris wheel man let Hằng ride for free?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the fair?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the significance of the Ferris Wheel?

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

8. Why are Mr. Morgan’s cantaloupes three dollars each?

9. What punishment does Mr. Morgan impose?

10. Why might LeeRoy and Hằng not be officially dating yet?

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