1. What does Sarun start doing after breakfast?
(a) He starts building a shelter.
(b) He explores the camp.
(c) He prayswith his mother to Buddha.
(d) He goes off with another Cambodian boy.

2. What does Jantu do to the clay marble to make it magic?
(a) She blows on it.
(b) She asks Buddha to bless it.
(c) She blesses it.
(d) She carves a tiny d into it with a tiny stick.

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

4. What is the something special that Sarun told Nea he had brought back?
(a) Vegetables for a stew for the evening meal.
(b) Rice seed specially treated against insects and mildew.
(c) A bag of fruit.
(d) A new sarong for her.

5. What is the name of Dara's village?
(a) Siem Riep.
(b) Sniep Riem.
(c) Dnang Reep.
(d) Siam Rang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the color of the armbands worn by the officials who ushered the registered team of men into the corrals where the sacks of rice had been placed?

2. What does the man who talks soothingly to the baby look like?

3. What happened to the author on her first day at the border?

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

5. In what year did the Khmer Rouge declare victory in Cambodia?

(see the answer key)

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