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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 else happened to Cambodians during the Khmer Rouge regime?
(a) They weren't allowed to pray to Buddha.
(b) They didn't have enough food.
(c) They were shut off from the rest of the world.
(d) Their schools were shut down.

2. What did the ruler who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old look like?
(a) Round-faced and smiling.
(b) Large with a mean face.
(c) Sad and little.
(d) Thin and dark.

3. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?
(a) Pol Pot.
(b) Chang Ho.
(c) Dnang Pot.
(d) Ho Chi Minh.

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

5. The author of the book took a leave of absence from what university in order to travel to Thailand?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Cornell University.
(d) Yale University.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the last two hundred years whose colonialism had Cambodia survived?

2. How many times a day are the bombs dropped on the village?

3. How did the author serve the refugees in Thailand?

4. What sound does Dara hear in the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. Why do the Communists kill Dara's father?

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