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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 river 80 miles upstream from Cambodia did the author stroll along?
(a) The Mecong River.
(b) The Yellow River.
(c) The Yangtze River.
(d) The Cambodian River.

2. How many times a day are the bombs dropped on the village?
(a) About twice a day.
(b) As often as five or six times a day.
(c) Once a day.
(d) As otten as three or four times a day.

3. What color were the Communist soldiers dressed in?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Khaki.
(d) Green.

4. What does Dara's mother do before departing for the refugee camp?
(a) She digs up her silver Buddha figure.
(b) She packs the family's clothes.
(c) She gathers her family around her, telling them she loved them.
(d) She packs provisions of rice.

5. From what direction was the sound that Dara and Sarun heard coming?
(a) The west.
(b) The east.
(c) The south.
(d) The north.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Dara's village like when she was two- or three-years-old?

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

4. Where do the villagers hide during the bombing?

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

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