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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is LeeRoy's real name?

2. What does Mrs. Brown show Hằng?

3. What experience does LeeRoy have riding bronc?

4. What does Hằng remember looking in the bar?

5. What does Chú Quốc want for Hằng?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Chú Quốc not want to hear the truth about what happened to Linh in Vietnam?

4. Why do the cowboys trick LeeRoy?

5. How do people react to Hằng, and what does that reveal about difference?

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

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

8. Why do LeeRoy and Hằng have different attitudes about food?

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the ways in which Hằng and her brother adapt to life in America and how they hold onto their roots. Linh is more Americanized, but how does he hold onto his past? Hằng is less Americanized, but in what ways does she adapt to her new surroundings?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the theme of redemption. Do you think Chú Quốc is able to overcome his guilt and redeem himself in his eyes? What makes you think so?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the theme of healing. How does Hằng find closure and peace with what has happened to her? What do you think is the next step on her healing journey?

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