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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. What is the goal of saddle bronc?
(a) It is to get the horse calmed down and back into the trailer.
(b) It is to stay on a bucking horse for eight seconds.
(c) It is to stay on a bucking horse for three seconds.
(d) It is to do three laps around the ring.

2. How does LeeRoy stop Chú Quốc's car?
(a) He sideswipes the car.
(b) He crashes into the back of the car.
(c) He stops his truck sideways in front of the car.
(d) He calls the police.

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

4. How does En-Di help Hằng?
(a) She packs her clothes in a backpack and gives her sixty dollars of savings, then drives her to the bus station.
(b) She tells her dad where Hằng is going so he can keep Hằng safe.
(c) She convinces LeeRoy to drive Hằng to Amarillo.
(d) She lends Hằng her Mustang.

5. What happens to the bus when Hằng goes inside the rest stop?
(a) The bus becomes more crowded.
(b) The bus changes drivers.
(c) The bus drives off without her.
(d) The bus breaks down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hằng overhear her brother say?

2. Why is Hằng impressed to see LeeRoy eating the orange peel?

3. Why does Hằng not want to give LeeRoy her orange?

4. What advice does En-Di give to Hằng?

5. What does Hằng call her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the accident between Chú Quốc and LeeRoy happen?

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

3. What is the significance of LeeRoy and Hằng arguing about the music The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?

4. We hear two versions of how Linh got to America—what are those versions?

5. What does Hằng’s reaction to the bus leaving without her reveal about her ability to survive?

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

7. What is the intergenerational conflict that happens at the ranch when Hằng first meets Linh?

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

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

10. What does Mrs. Brown’s offer of help and food represent in the story?

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