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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 does Linh shout at Hằng to not stand behind the horse?
(a) He does not want Hằng to talk to him anymore.
(b) He does not want Hằng near his favorite horse.
(c) Horses kick if someone is behind them.
(d) He wants Hằng to talk to her uncle, so he does not have to.

2. How does Hằng react when she sees herself in the mirror?
(a) She wants more makeup and a different dress to try on.
(b) She is happy and thanks Cora.
(c) She wants LeeRoy to come see the way she looks.
(d) She cries and tries to tear at the makeup and clothes, saying she cannot be pretty.

3. Why was Hằng given reeds?
(a) The reeds were edible and would give her something to eat.
(b) They could scratch insect bites with the reeds.
(c) If the pirates came, she and the girl could breathe underwater so the pirates could not find them.
(d) They could use the reeds as weapons to defend themsleves from pirates.

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

5. What does Hằng realize when En-Di talks to Linh?
(a) Linh will never talk to Hằng, no matter how hard she tries.
(b) Hằng should have talked to him about horses, because that it what he is interested in.
(c) Hằng never had a chance to get to know Linh.
(d) En-Di is pretty and that is why other people like to talk to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doe the girl run towards the pirates?

2. Why does Bà sit with Communist quadrant leader?

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

4. What does LeeRoy do on his day off?

5. Where is Hằng's home at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the novel tell us about sacrifice?

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

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

5. What is the significance of the fair?

6. Why are Linh’s first words to Hằng significant?

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

8. Why do we get a bit of LeeRoy’s perspective and then Hằng’s perspective as she remembers?

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

10. What is the significance of LeeRoy’s truck being fixed?

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