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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 happens when Dara and Jantu investigate a food truck they see along the way?
(a) Bombs drop, destroying the truck and hurting Baby.
(b) They find some fruit in a pot.
(c) They encounter some mean soldiers.
(d) They find some hot stew made of yellow squash over rice.

2. What river 80 miles upstream from Cambodia did the author stroll along?
(a) The Cambodian River.
(b) The Mecong River.
(c) The Yellow River.
(d) The Yangtze River.

3. Whose father loved mangoes?
(a) Grandpa Kem's.
(b) Nea's
(c) Jantu's
(d) Dara's.

4. What else happened to Cambodians during the Khmer Rouge regime?
(a) They were shut off from the rest of the world.
(b) Their schools were shut down.
(c) They didn't have enough food.
(d) They weren't allowed to pray to Buddha.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Khmer Serei resistance doing to counter the Vietnamese attack?

2. Who is Chnay?

3. What does Sarun return with from the second mass distribution?

4. What kind of trees are on the trail in Chapter 1?

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

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