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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. How does Cora tell them they need to get rid of the mesquite stump?
(a) They have to use chemicals to make the root shrink.
(b) They have to use LeeRoy's truck.
(c) They have to dynamite it out.
(d) They have to dig it out by hand.

2. How do the cowboys at the country diner treat LeeRoy?
(a) The laugh at him.
(b) They call him a rhinestone cowboy.
(c) They throw him out of the diner.
(d) They are polite and treat him like one of their own.

3. Why doe the girl run towards the pirates?
(a) After being on the boat, she does not want to be in the water ever again.
(b) She is scared and does not understand which way she is running.
(c) She recognizes someone from her village.
(d) She does not believe the villagers and their advice.

4. How did Colonel Mackenzie defeat the Comanche?
(a) He destroyed their home and captured then killed many of their horses.
(b) He made them sign a peace treaty to leave the canyon to him.
(c) He made them ill by poisoning their water.
(d) He told them to leave the land.

5. Why might Hằng smile at LeeRoy after Angie flirts with him?
(a) She sees that LeeRoy is not flirting back.
(b) She sees that LeeRoy wants to help Linh.
(c) She starts to see LeeRoy from her cousin's perspective and sees that he is cute.
(d) She sees that LeeRoy wants to help Angie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Angie put on the radio to soothe her dad?

2. How does Hằng's father body come home from the war?

3. Why is Angie's dad so upset?

4. Why does the Communist quandrant leader get angry at Hằng's mother?

5. What does Hằng realize when En-Di talks to Linh?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the symbol of the butterfly mean?

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

4. What is the significance of the fair?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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