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

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

3. Who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old?
(a) Prince Sihanouk.
(b) Prince Singnang.
(c) Prince Soknung.
(d) Prince Songdacha.

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

5. How old is Nea who welcomed Dara's family to the refugee camp?
(a) seventeen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Eighteen or nineteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were the Communist soldiers dressed in?

2. What caused open conflict to break out in Cambodia in the 1970s

3. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?

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

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

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