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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hằng remove from the cantaloupe vines?
(a) She removes worms for the chickens.
(b) She removes Mexican Hat, because they are weeds.
(c) She removes mildewed leaves and any baby melons that would overcrowd the vines.
(d) She removes the chickens that try to peck at the vines.

2. What had happened to the monks on the boat?
(a) Before, the pirates had let them be but a new set of pirates lifted their machetes.
(b) The monks prayed with the refugees.
(c) The monks were disliked by the other refugees because the refugees were fleeing religious persecution.
(d) The monks protected the refugees.

3. How does Chú Quốc find Hằng?
(a) Mrs. Brown gives him the address after Chú Quốc sees Hằng's aunt's hat there.
(b) Chú Quốc has hired private investigators to find his niece.
(c) Chú Quốc called the police.
(d) LeeRoy has called him to tell him where Hằng is.

4. How does Hằng think she can prevent confessing about what happened at the airport?
(a) She thinks she can lie to the lawyers.
(b) She thinks she can pretend not to understand the questions in English.
(c) She thinks she can convince her brother to come with her to their uncle's house.
(d) She thinks she can get LeeRoy to convince her uncle not to be so pushy.

5. Why did Hằng's uncle not sponsor the family to immigrate to America?
(a) Hằng's uncle was not willing to write a sponsorship letter.
(b) Hằng's father was accused of wrongdoing in the army and this made the family not qualified.
(c) They needed stamps from many agencies and were considered low priority refugees.
(d) Hằng's grandmother was too sick to travel and this made the family inelligible.

6. What do Hằng and LeeRoy have to eat?
(a) They have beef jerky.
(b) They have saltines, an orange, celery, and ginger ale.
(c) They have sandwiches.
(d) They have tropical fruits.

7. What does LeeRoy notice too late?
(a) The cowboys want to kidnap Hằng.
(b) The cowboys are too drunk to count to eight.
(c) The cowboys want to steal his money.
(d) The cowboys have set him up to be hurt.

8. What is LeeRoy's background?
(a) He is from Northern Texas and his grandfather was the first Black landowner in the state.
(b) He is from Dallas and comes from oil money.
(c) He is from Austin and has two professors as parents.
(d) He is poor and from Houston.

9. Why does Hằng eat ginger on the bus?
(a) She wants to remember her past.
(b) She wants to be healthy.
(c) She wants to soothe her nausea.
(d) She's bored.

10. What does Mr. Morgan call Hằng?
(a) He calls her moon.
(b) He calls her Hằng.
(c) He calls her "young miss."
(d) He calls her a scalawag.

11. What does Mrs. Brown remember about Hằng's brother?
(a) Brother Grady brought a boy named David to the church.
(b) Linh came to Amarillo by himself, looking for Hằng.
(c) A woman named Cora brought Linh to Amarillo.
(d) An adoption agency brought Hằng to Amarillo.

12. Who does Hằng approach in the rest stop?
(a) She approaches LeeRoy.
(b) She approaches older couple who are plainly dressed and speaking quietly.
(c) She approaches a laughing couple.
(d) She approaches a father scolding his boy.

13. What does En-Di want to call Hằng?
(a) She wants to call her Leslie.
(b) She wants to call her Cora.
(c) She wants to call her Holly.
(d) She wants to call her Moon.

14. What does Hằng remember looking in the bar?
(a) She remembers a monk being slashed with a machete on the boat.
(b) She remembers her uncle.
(c) She remembers her bus ride and being sick on the bus.
(d) She remembers Mrs. Brown and her kindness.

15. Why does LeeRoy not want a job?
(a) He canont find a job.
(b) This is his summer to be a cowboy and he has worked for it.
(c) He does not have to work because his parents pay his way.
(d) He does not like to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hằng want to find her brother before nightfall?

2. What does Hằng overhear her brother say?

3. What is Hằng's first impression of LeeRoy?

4. What happens to the bus when Hằng goes inside the rest stop?

5. When do Hằng and LeeRoy have to stay outside the stables?

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