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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Where was Jantu's father killed?
(a) In th e rice paddy behind her house.
(b) On the front porch of her house.
(c) In the mango orchard behind her house.
(d) In the guava orchard behind her house.

3. What was the color of the armbands worn by the officials who ushered the registered team of men into the corrals where the sacks of rice had been placed?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

4. What is the name of the folktale Jantu tells Dara about a coward who turns into a hero?
(a) "Palm the Powerful".
(b) "Kling the Fearful".
(c) "Khong the Brave".
(d) "Longlu the Coward".

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Dara in Chapter 3?

2. What color were the Communist soldiers dressed in?

3. Who lets big, red stinging ants crawl on his arm?

4. About how many people were estimated to be at camp Nong Chan?

5. In what year did the Khmer Rouge declare victory in Cambodia?

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