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

2. 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) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

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

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

5. Where do Jantu and Dara take their food truck food to eat it?
(a) Under the shade of a tamarind tree.
(b) To the stream running through the camp.
(c) Back to their shelter.
(d) Under the shade of an acacia tree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the woman who wrote this book?

3. How far is the camp headquarters from where Dara's family is living?

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

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

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