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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Dara's mother do before departing for the refugee camp?
(a) She packs provisions of rice.
(b) She digs up her silver Buddha figure.
(c) She packs the family's clothes.
(d) She gathers her family around her, telling them she loved them.

4. What does Jantu make out of wild vines?
(a) A miniature swing for the toy village.
(b) A green crown for Dara's head.
(c) A delicate necklace for Dara.
(d) A delicate bracelet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Cambodian men, women and children were killed under the Khmer Rouge dictatorship?

2. What is the mobile Jantu makes?

3. How does Jantu comfort Dara at the end of Chapter 8?

4. In what country had the author of the book grown up?

5. What marked the beginning of Cambodia's rich history?

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