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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 Jantu do when she wants absolute silence?
(a) She wears a frown of concentration.
(b) She shouts "Keep quiet now".
(c) She prays to Buddha for silence.
(d) She folds her arms and glares.

2. 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.

3. In what country had the author of the book grown up?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) Thailand.
(c) The US.
(d) China.

4. What does Nea ask Dara to do at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Help wash the sarongs.
(b) Help cook breakfast.
(c) Help take care of baby.
(d) Help carry water back from the well.

5. What caused open conflict to break out in Cambodia in the 1970s
(a) War with Vietnam.
(b) The U.S., Soviet Union and China backing political groups.
(c) War with Thailand.
(d) The rich versus the poor people in Cambodia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the author travel to Thailand?

2. What does Dara's mother do before departing for the refugee camp?

3. What does Jantu make out of banana leaves?

4. Where do the villagers hide during the bombing?

5. What is the name of the folktale Jantu tells Dara about a coward who turns into a hero?

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