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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 injury does LeeRoy sustain?

2. What does Hằng learn when she arrives in America?

3. Why does Hằng not want her brother to stay with Cora?

4. How does Hằng find Chú Quốc different from her father?

5. What does LeeRoy notice when he gets on the horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways do Hằng and LeeRoy struggle with language and identity?

2. What is the role of kindness and community as Hằng seeks her brother?

3. Why do the cowboys trick LeeRoy?

4. How do people react to Hằng, and what does that reveal about difference?

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. Why does Hằng sit down and refuse to leave once the police arrive?

7. Why does Chú Quốc not want to hear the truth about what happened to Linh in Vietnam?

8. What do Hằng’s and LeeRoy’s different reactions to Mexican Hat reveal about their personalities?

9. What is LeeRoy’s relationship with his parent’s like?

10. Why is Hằng both happy and sad around Linh?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hằng’s family history and world history affect her life? Explore how her family history and larger historical events intertwine.

Essay Topic 2

Hằng looks, sounds, and behaves differently than the Texans around her. Examine the challenges and significance of language and cultural barriers for Hằng, right from the moment readers meet her in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Investigate how LeeRoy’s expectations of cowboy life contrast with the realities he faces when he tries to get involved in the rodeo. How successfully does he navigate the gap between these dreams and realities?

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