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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 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 provisions of rice.
(c) She packs the family's clothes.
(d) She digs up her silver Buddha figure.

2. What kind of trees are on the trail in Chapter 1?
(a) Wild tamarind and rain trees.
(b) Mango and teak trees.
(c) Bamboo and palm trees.
(d) Banana and Guava trees.

3. What caused open conflict to break out in Cambodia in the 1970s
(a) The U.S., Soviet Union and China backing political groups.
(b) War with Vietnam.
(c) The rich versus the poor people in Cambodia.
(d) War with Thailand.

4. What is the name of the refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border?
(a) Nong Chan.
(b) Ning Chang.
(c) Lul Chan.
(d) Siem Chan.

5. Why do the Communists kill Dara's father?
(a) To put fear into the villagers.
(b) He knew how to read and write and taught the children.
(c) He was sick.
(d) He taunted the Communists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?

2. A dirt road linked the refugee camp with what Thai town?

3. What does Jantu look like?

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

5. The author of the book took a leave of absence from what university in order to travel to Thailand?

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