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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened in the same year the Khmer Rouge declared victory in Cambodia?
(a) The US entered the Vietnam war.
(b) South and North Vietnam turned against one another.
(c) Cambodians rallied under one of their soldiers.
(d) The Communists "liberated" Vietnam.

2. How many Cambodian men, women and children were killed under the Khmer Rouge dictatorship?
(a) More than 70 thousand.
(b) More than a million and a half.
(c) More than 80 thousand.
(d) More than one million.

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

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

5. During the last two hundred years whose colonialism had Cambodia survived?
(a) British colonialism.
(b) French colonialism.
(c) Japanese colonialism.
(d) Chinese colonialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author view the refugees?

2. What happened to the author on her first day at the border?

3. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?

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

5. How old is Nea who welcomed Dara's family to the refugee camp?

(see the answer key)

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