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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Chnay?
(a) A young soldier.
(b) One of Jantu's cousins.
(c) One of Dara's neighbors from her village.
(d) An orphan and a bully.

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

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

4. What is the mobile Jantu makes?
(a) Two delicate dolls husking rice.
(b) Two dogs playing.
(c) Two mothers rocking their babies.
(d) Two farmers planting rince.

5. How does Jantu comfort Dara at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) She tells Dara how proud she is of her.
(b) She makes her a magic clay marble.
(c) She tells her a comforting story.
(d) She sings Dara a lullaby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dara's village like when she was two- or three-years-old?

2. What did the Communist soldiers tell the villagers?

3. What persuades the family to start packing?

4. What does Jantu whittle out of a knobby branch?

5. Where does Jantu like to play?

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