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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How high are the piles of stacked rice?
(a) 10 ft. high.
(b) Twice Sarun's height.
(c) 12 ft. high.
(d) Twice Dara's height.

2. What does Sarun start doing after breakfast?
(a) He prayswith his mother to Buddha.
(b) He goes off with another Cambodian boy.
(c) He starts building a shelter.
(d) He explores the camp.

3. What did the ruler who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old look like?
(a) Thin and dark.
(b) Large with a mean face.
(c) Sad and little.
(d) Round-faced and smiling.

4. How old is Jantu in Chapter 3?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Fifteen
(d) Twelve.

5. What river 80 miles upstream from Cambodia did the author stroll along?
(a) The Yangtze River.
(b) The Cambodian River.
(c) The Yellow River.
(d) The Mecong River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old?

2. In what country had the author of the book grown up?

3. What color were the Vietnamese uniforms?

4. How many years did Cambodia's history date back to in the Preface?

5. How many Cambodian men, women and children were killed under the Khmer Rouge dictatorship?

(see the answer key)

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