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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the lake by Dara's old village?
(a) Tonse Hon lake.
(b) Tonle Sap lake.
(c) Waeprae lake.
(d) Thinlong lake.

2. Who is the leader of the Khmer Serei soldiers?
(a) General Kong Sulir.
(b) General King Sulir.
(c) General Kang Salor.
(d) General Kung Silor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dara find when she reaches the stone pillar?

2. How far away is the base camp where Dara wants to search for her family?

3. From what direction was the sound that Dara and Sarun heard coming?

4. What is the name of the dance the young men and women would dance at harvest time back in Dara's village?

5. What happens when Dara and Jantu investigate a food truck they see along the way?

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