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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. About how many people were estimated to be at camp Nong Chan?
(a) About 4 thousand.
(b) About 40 thousand.
(c) About 10 thousand.
(d) About 30 thousand.

2. What marked the beginning of Cambodia's rich history?
(a) .The building of the first Cambodian pagoda.
(b) The festival of the rice harvest.
(c) The festival of the lights.
(d) The building of the Buddhist temple complex of Angkor.

3. What color were the Vietnamese uniforms?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

4. What does Dara's mother do before departing for the refugee camp?
(a) She gathers her family around her, telling them she loved them.
(b) She packs the family's clothes.
(c) She packs provisions of rice.
(d) She digs up her silver Buddha figure.

5. What happened in the same year the Khmer Rouge declared victory in Cambodia?
(a) The Communists "liberated" Vietnam.
(b) The US entered the Vietnam war.
(c) Cambodians rallied under one of their soldiers.
(d) South and North Vietnam turned against one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the lake by Dara's old village?

2. In what year did the Khmer Rouge declare victory in Cambodia?

3. What did the author of the book do when she arrived in Thailand?

4. What river 80 miles upstream from Cambodia did the author stroll along?

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

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