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

2. What happened to the author on her first day at the border?
(a) A little child hugged her.
(b) A little child gave her a ball of mud.
(c) A mother thanked her for coming.
(d) A little girl shared her rice with her.

3. What color were the Vietnamese uniforms?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

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

5. What did the Communist soldiers tell the villagers?
(a) That their villages would be burned by them.
(b) That they were enemies of the Communists.
(c) That they would die of starvation.
(d) That the American Imperialists were bombing them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What river 80 miles upstream from Cambodia did the author stroll along?

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

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