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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. Which members of Jantu's family had died during the long war years?
(a) Her parents and her older brother.
(b) Her parents and one of her younger brothers.
(c) Her parents and her younger sister.
(d) Her parents and her older sister.

2. 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.

3. What does Sarun start doing after breakfast?
(a) He starts building a shelter.
(b) He explores the camp.
(c) He prayswith his mother to Buddha.
(d) He goes off with another Cambodian boy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia?

2. How old is Dara in Chapter 3?

3. What does Jantu tell Dara after all her dolls and toys had been destroyed?

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

5. What is the name of Dara's village?

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