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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 make out of a couple of old tin cans and a stick?
(a) A drum for Dara and one for herself and a drumstick.
(b) A toy truck.
(c) A make-bellieve telephone.
(d) Two containers for clay marbles.

2. In what year did the Khmer Rouge declare victory in Cambodia?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1975.

3. How far is the camp headquarters from where Dara's family is living?
(a) Three and a half miles.
(b) Three miles.
(c) Two miles.
(d) One and a half miles.

4. What does Jantu tell Dara after all her dolls and toys had been destroyed?
(a) "Never mind, we can always start something new".
(b) "Life is so hard."
(c) "I'll never make a toy again."
(d) "My heart is broken like the toys."

5. What did the Communist soldiers tell the villagers?
(a) That the American Imperialists were bombing them.
(b) That their villages would be burned by them.
(c) That they were enemies of the Communists.
(d) That they would die of starvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia?

2. What is the mobile Jantu makes?

3. What color were the Communist soldiers dressed in?

4. What does Nea ask Dara to do at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the woman who wrote this book?

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