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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does En-Di suggest to her father?
(a) She wants her father to take David to a restaurant so they can eat together.
(b) She wants to let David know about their plans to move him with them.
(c) She wants to tell David the truth about how he got to America.
(d) She wants her father to tell David her family stories.

3. Why does LeeRoy think the girl at the rodeo is flirting with him?
(a) She talks to him, mentions his muscles, and touches his arm.
(b) She asks him out on a date and asks for a funnel cake.
(c) She laughs at him.
(d) She asks for his help in getting on a horse.

4. Why do the cowboys say they tricked LeeRoy?
(a) He was too drunk.
(b) He was too aggressive.
(c) He had too much money and they wanted some.
(d) He was play-acting at being a cowboy.

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

6. Who helps LeeRoy, Hằng, and David?
(a) Mr. Morgan arrives and gets them back to the ranch.
(b) The gate man calls the police to have the cowboys arrested.
(c) Jack the hemp man stops Hằng and comes back with helpers.
(d) A random cowboy takes on the cowboys in a fight.

7. How much experience does LeeRoy have with girls?
(a) He was popular and dated many girls in high school.
(b) He had one serious girlfriend in high school.
(c) They ask him for help with math and he has kissed one girl.
(d) LeeRoy does not like girls.

8. What does Cora do for Hằng?
(a) She gives her a horse.
(b) She teaches Hằng to cook American food.
(c) She offers to adopt Hằng.
(d) She cuts her hair, puts on makeup, and sews her dresses that hide her scars.

9. What decision did Lan reach about her experience?
(a) She wanted lawyers to get the pirates thrown in jail.
(b) She decided she wanted to write stories to share her experiences.
(c) She wanted to travel to Texas with Hằng.
(d) She decided to change her name and act like nothing had happened to her.

10. What is the surprise LeeRoy gets his mom's help for?
(a) He gives Hằng his truck so she can travel to Austin to see him.
(b) He has his mom order a book about tropical fruits, as a gift to Hằng.
(c) He gets his mom to arrange a scholarship to UT for Hằng/
(d) He offers to have Hằng move back to Austin with him.

11. What does Hằng write her own song about?
(a) She writes about a yellow butterfly and her brother.
(b) She writes about the ranch.
(c) She writes about rain and soldiers killed in the war.
(d) She writes about her journey to America and how people like LeeRoy are kind as she seeks a future for herself.

12. Why might Chú Quốc cry at Hằng's story, when he asked for a happy story?
(a) The story is very sad, though Hằng does not realize it.
(b) He is sad that he does not have his own memories of Vietnam.
(c) He is sad that the story will not help him adopt Linh.
(d) Chú Quốc is angry at the Communist leader and this makes him cry.

13. What does David remember first from Hằng's stories?
(a) He remembers his grandmother's face.
(b) He remembers how to talk in Vietnamese.
(c) He remembers the taste of fruit.
(d) He remembers his father's stories.

14. How did Hằng get her scars?
(a) Worms had crawled under her skin in the cave and had to be steamed out.
(b) She got burned by sitting too close to the fire.
(c) The pirates slashed her skin.
(d) She got an infection from being in the water.

15. Where does Hằng stay after she comes back from the canyon?
(a) She stays in Cora's house.
(b) She stays in the stable.
(c) She stays in LeeRoy's truck.
(d) She stays in Mr. Morgan's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the cowboys at the country diner treat LeeRoy?

2. Why does Angie tell her dad about her dance teacher?

3. Why is Hằng practicing her English?

4. Why does Cora ask David to go get LeeRoy?

5. What happens in the cave?

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