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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jantu look like?
(a) Heavy and jolly.
(b) Average weight and medium height.
(c) Short and thin.
(d) Tall and thin.

2. 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.

3. What did the author of the book do when she arrived in Thailand?
(a) Took photographs.
(b) Visited relatives.
(c) Joined an international relief agency.
(d) Started a journal.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the name of the lake by Dara's old village?

5. What does Sarun start doing after breakfast?

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