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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 does Jantu look like?
(a) Tall and thin.
(b) Average weight and medium height.
(c) Short and thin.
(d) Heavy and jolly.

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

3. What is Dara staring at when Jantu pulls her away?
(a) A baby crying.
(b) A little lost girl holding a doll.
(c) A man with no legs.
(d) A little lost dog.

4. What does Sarun return with from the second mass distribution?
(a) Vegetables for stew.
(b) Varous fruits.
(c) Hoe heads and fishnets.
(d) More rice seed.

5. What happened in the same year the Khmer Rouge declared victory in Cambodia?
(a) The US entered the Vietnam war.
(b) The Communists "liberated" Vietnam.
(c) Cambodians rallied under one of their soldiers.
(d) South and North Vietnam turned against one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the camp headquarters from where Dara's family is living?

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

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

4. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?

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

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