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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What persuades the family to start packing?
(a) They want to go home before the monsoons.
(b) They have enough supplies and tools.
(c) Bombs are dropping at the border.
(d) They want to go to a different refugee camp.

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

3. What does Jantu do to the clay marble to make it magic?
(a) She asks Buddha to bless it.
(b) She carves a tiny d into it with a tiny stick.
(c) She blows on it.
(d) She blesses it.

4. A dirt road linked the refugee camp with what Thai town?
(a) Arandnang.
(b) Laochan.
(c) Aranyaprathet.
(d) Khao Dang.

5. How old is Dara in Chapter 3?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eleven.

6. What was the color of the armbands worn by the officials who ushered the registered team of men into the corrals where the sacks of rice had been placed?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

7. What is Baby's real name?
(a) Nebut.
(b) Ningnong.
(c) Sirung.
(d) Palm.

8. What group inside Cambodia is mobilizing its forces for one last attack as part of their dry season offensive?
(a) The Khmer People's National Liberation soldiers.
(b) The Vietnamese.
(c) The Khmer Serei.
(d) The Khmer Rouge.

9. The author of the book took a leave of absence from what university in order to travel to Thailand?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Cornell University.
(d) Yale University.

10. How many men jump out of the ambulance when it arrives?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

11. What does the man in the folktale brag he killed?
(a) A leopard.
(b) A snake.
(c) A panther.
(d) A tiger.

12. What sound does Dara hear in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The tinkling of a cow bell.
(b) The sound of dogs barking.
(c) The mooing of a cow.
(d) The sound guns and bombs..

13. 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.

14. What does Nea ask Dara to do at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Help take care of baby.
(b) Help wash the sarongs.
(c) Help carry water back from the well.
(d) Help cook breakfast.

15. What happens when Dara and Jantu investigate a food truck they see along the way?
(a) They find some fruit in a pot.
(b) Bombs drop, destroying the truck and hurting Baby.
(c) They find some hot stew made of yellow squash over rice.
(d) They encounter some mean soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused open conflict to break out in Cambodia in the 1970s

2. What does Jantu look like?

3. What does Jantu do when she wants absolute silence?

4. What injury does Jantu's baby brother have?

5. What does the man who talks soothingly to the baby look like?

(see the answer keys)

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