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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 LeeRoy feel worse around Hằng?
(a) He is worried that being in the truck stirred up painful memories for her.
(b) Since he squeezed her hand in the truck, he notices she is a girl.
(c) He feels bad that she got involved in the confrontation with the cowboys.
(d) He feels bad she saw him hurt and that it may have upset her.

2. What does Hằng think could happen to Lan?
(a) She thinks Lan will succeed at forgetting and will go to college.
(b) 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.
(c) She thinks Lan will work hard all her life.
(d) She will not be able to start a new life in Australia because she will not be able to get the papers.

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

4. 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) It will not help him adopt Linh and that is the only thing he cares about.
(c) It will just make him feel worse about not being able to help the family.
(d) He thinks the truth will make him too sad.

5. What did LeeRoy study in school in senior year?
(a) He studied Calculus and History.
(b) He studied how to be a cowboy.
(c) He studied the geological, historical, and political significance of the Palo Duro Canyon.
(d) He studied Chemistry and Vietnamese History.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened on the island after the pirates left?

2. How do the cowboys at the country diner treat LeeRoy?

3. Why is Hằng so scared of being pretty?

4. How did Colonel Mackenzie defeat the Comanche?

5. What is the surprise LeeRoy gets his mom's help for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the cowboys who hurt LeeRoy?

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

3. What is the significance of the fair?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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