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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 Hằng react to the cowboys who hurt LeeRoy?
(a) She ignores them.
(b) She head-butts them.
(c) She shouts at them.
(d) She tries to run at them with a knife.

2. Why is Angie's dad so upset?
(a) He is listening to a sad song.
(b) Hằng did not tell him the truth before.
(c) He is sad that Linh does not want to talk to him.
(d) Without Hằng's testimony, he cannot adopt Linh.

3. What does Angie's dad think of Hằng's confession?
(a) He thinks she is telling the truth to hurt the family.
(b) He thinks she is being dishonest because she wants to get closer to Linh and Cora.
(c) He thinks she is afraid of the pirates and is not telling the truth.
(d) He thinks she is telling the truth.

4. Who comes to the canyon to find LeeRoy and Hằng?
(a) David comes to the canyon on a bicycle.
(b) Jack the delivery man comes to the canyon on a horse.
(c) Mr. Morgan comes looking for them in his truck.
(d) Cora and David arrive in a truck.

5. Why does LeeRoy rap?
(a) He is scared that Hằng is so still and non-responsive.
(b) He is trying to encourage Hằng to cry if she needs to.
(c) He wants to remind Hằng of their time on the road.
(d) He wants to make Hằng go back to the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does LeeRoy do to help Linh?

2. What does Hằng think of riding on a horse?

3. What is Mr. Morgan's secret to sweet melons?

4. Why is Hằng so scared of being pretty?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does LeeRoy realize as he sits beside Hằng?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Angie understand about her dad?

8. How does Hằng’s definition of home change?

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

10. What does the novel tell us about sacrifice?

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