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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. Where does Hằng fall when she gets out of the truck?
(a) She falls into a ditch full of water.
(b) She falls into a field.
(c) She falls into a ditch full of thistles.
(d) She falls into a mud puddle.

2. What advice does En-Di give to Hằng?
(a) She suggests Hằng tell everyone her name is Moon, she is 12, and her parents are letting her go on an adventure.
(b) She tells Hằng to read on the bus to pass the time.
(c) She tells Hằng to start lots of conversations and rely on the kindness of strangers.
(d) She tells Hằng to eat lots of ginger to handle motion sickness.

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

4. Why is David's horse important to him?
(a) He wants to be a cowboy and having his own horse is important for that.
(b) She helps him stay in shape for football.
(c) She is the first thing that belonged to him and because of her he felt he was at home.
(d) She is a distraction.

5. Why does Hằng lie to her grandmother and mother about what happened to Linh?
(a) Hằng lies to protect her brother.
(b) Hằng does not remember what happened because she is traumatized, so she makes up a story.
(c) When Hằng says Linh is gone, her grandmother assumes he is kidanpped and Hằng cannot bring herself to admit what happened.
(d) The punishment from her family would be severe if they found out the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hằng give LeeRoy to try to convince him to take her to her brother?

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

3. What does Linh do when he sees Hằng at the door?

4. Why is Hằng nervous about her uncle finding her?

5. What happened to Father Grady?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hằng shown to be different from the very start of the novel?

2. Why might Hằng think the story she tells about her father’s bones is happy while Chú Quốc is horrified and cries?

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

4. Why do the cowboys trick LeeRoy?

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

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

8. What does LeeRoy’s reactions to the cowboys reveal about his ability to survive? How does it compare to Hằng?

9. What are the spiky memories that come up for Hằng and why are they spiky?

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

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