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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sarun start doing after breakfast?
(a) He starts building a shelter.
(b) He goes off with another Cambodian boy.
(c) He explores the camp.
(d) He prayswith his mother to Buddha.

3. What do Chnay and Dara do on the first day in the Khmer Serei military camp?
(a) They search for food.
(b) They rest and pray to Lord Buddha for hellp.
(c) Circle outer edges of the camp searching for Dara's familly.
(d) They ask everyone if they have seen Dara's family.

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

5. What does Jantu whittle out of a knobby branch?
(a) A cane for Mother.
(b) A mango tree.
(c) A tamarind tree.
(d) A whirling top.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in the same year the Khmer Rouge declared victory in Cambodia?

2. Which members of Jantu's family had died during the long war years?

3. Who does Dara unintentionally knock down in the thronging crowd of refugees?

4. What is the name of the dance the young men and women would dance at harvest time back in Dara's village?

5. What marked the beginning of Cambodia's rich history?

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