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

2. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?
(a) Dnang Pot.
(b) Pol Pot.
(c) Chang Ho.
(d) Ho Chi Minh.

3. How did the author serve the refugees in Thailand?
(a) She helped set up supplementary feeding programs.
(b) She administered first aid.
(c) She taught the children.
(d) She told stories to the children.

4. How old are most of the children lined up at the food truck?
(a) Six or seven.
(b) Five or six.
(c) Eight or nine.
(d) Ten or eleven.

5. How old is Nea who welcomed Dara's family to the refugee camp?
(a) Eighteen or nineteen.
(b) seventeen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what direction was the sound that Dara and Sarun heard coming?

2. Why do the Communists kill Dara's father?

3. What is the name of Dara's village?

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

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

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