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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. After Nea, Dara and the others have prepared the ox carts for the trip home; in how many days will the caravan to Siem Reap leave?
(a) Eight days.
(b) Six days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Five days.

2. What does Jantu ask Dara to sing to her and her baby brother?
(a) A song about young Cambodian lovers.
(b) A song about fairies and elves.
(c) A song about women winnowing rice.
(d) A song about home.

3. What does Jantu tell Dara after all her dolls and toys had been destroyed?
(a) "I'll never make a toy again."
(b) "My heart is broken like the toys."
(c) "Life is so hard."
(d) "Never mind, we can always start something new".

4. Where do Dara and Chnay sleep that first night in the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) In an abandoned lean-to with torn thatching for a roof.
(b) In a grove of guava trees.
(c) Under a huge Tamarind tree.
(d) In a shelter they shared with a refugee family.

5. In what year did the Khmer Rouge declare victory in Cambodia?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1970.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Nea and Dara ask Sarun to get the pass to Khao I Dang from his commanding officer what does he say?

3. In what country had the author of the book grown up?

4. What does Sarun now think is more important than planting rice?

5. How many soldiers marched up to the flag pole and fired their guns?

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