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

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

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

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 Communists "liberated" Vietnam.
(c) Cambodians rallied under one of their soldiers.
(d) The US entered the Vietnam war.

5. How did the author view the refugees?
(a) As suffering, hungry people.
(b) As victims of a ruthless regime.
(c) As victors determined to start their lives over.
(d) As poor, needy people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years did Cambodia's history date back to in the Preface?

3. The author of the book took a leave of absence from what university in order to travel to Thailand?

4. Who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old?

5. What did the Communist soldiers tell the villagers?

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