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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to LeeRoy at the bar?
2. How does Hằng think she can prevent confessing about what happened at the airport?
3. What is LeeRoy's budget?
4. Why does LeeRoy not want a job?
5. What is Hằng's first impression of her brother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does LeeRoy’s reactions to the cowboys reveal about his ability to survive? How does it compare to Hằng?
2. Why do LeeRoy and Hằng have different attitudes about food?
3. What is the role of kindness and community as Hằng seeks her brother?
4. What are some signs that LeeRoy is less annoyed with Hằng?
5. Hằng reflects that LeeRoy’s name means Glass-Whip in Vietnamese. In what ways is LeeRoy like a Glass Whip at this stage of the novel?
6. In what ways do Hằng and LeeRoy struggle with language and identity?
7. What does Mrs. Brown’s offer of help and food represent in the story?
8. Why does Mrs. Brown steal LeeRoy’s wallet?
9. Why might Hằng think the story she tells about her father’s bones is happy while Chú Quốc is horrified and cries?
10. What is the intergenerational conflict that happens at the ranch when Hằng first meets Linh?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the trauma of the Vietnam War affects the lives of Linh, Cora, and Hằng. How do they each remember and understand the war? How has it changed each of their lives?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the theme of redemption. Do you think Chú Quốc is able to overcome his guilt and redeem himself in his eyes? What makes you think so?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze how gender roles are challenged and redefined by the female characters in the story. How do Hằng and her mother challenge gender roles on the boat? How does Hằng struggle with her femininity in the novel and how does she overcome this struggle?
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