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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 do we learn about the monks on the fishing boat through Hằng's memories?
(a) Her mother and her disguised themsleves as monks.
(b) The monks were pirates in disguise.
(c) The refugees asked the monks to come with them to protect them.
(d) The monks were from a nearby temple.

2. Why does LeeRoy try to stop Chú Quốc?
(a) He thinks it is what a cowboy would do.
(b) Hằng shouts to LeeRoy for help.
(c) He is angry at the uncle for calliing him a shiny cowboy.
(d) He does not want to lose the money he would gain by taking Hằng to her brother.

3. What advice does En-Di give to Hằng?
(a) She tells Hằng to eat lots of ginger to handle motion sickness.
(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 suggests Hằng tell everyone her name is Moon, she is 12, and her parents are letting her go on an adventure.

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

5. When do Hằng and LeeRoy have to stay outside the stables?
(a) They have to stay away from six to seven and five to six so David (Linh) can ride his horse.
(b) They have to stay away from two to three so the horses can rest.
(c) They have to stay away from eight to nine because Jack the delivery man is there.
(d) They have to stay away from ten to eleven because Cora asked them to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is LeeRoy's advice to Hằng to help her get closer to her brother?

2. What does Mrs. Brown show Hằng?

3. What does Hằng call her mother?

4. What happened to Father Grady?

5. What does Mr. Morgan use for bedding for his horses?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Linh’s (David’s) bond with his horse indicate?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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