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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the author travel to Thailand?
(a) The fall of 1978.
(b) The spring of 1981.
(c) The spring of 1980.
(d) The fall of 1979.

2. How old are most of the children lined up at the food truck?
(a) Five or six.
(b) Ten or eleven.
(c) Eight or nine.
(d) Six or seven.

3. What does Dara lose as they flee from the bombing?
(a) Her sandals.
(b) Her bracelet.
(c) Her apron.
(d) Her kerchief.

4. What tragic event happens in the forest on the way back to the base camp?
(a) Sarun shootsand hits one of the girls.
(b) Dara is shot in the leg.
(c) Nea is shot and mortally wounded.
(d) Jantu is shot and mortally wounded.

5. How high are the piles of stacked rice?
(a) Twice Sarun's height.
(b) 12 ft. high.
(c) 10 ft. high.
(d) Twice Dara's height.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jantu's personality like?

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

3. What are the girls taking turns doing when they are walking in the forest toward the base camp?

4. When Dara arrives at the Tamarind tree how many people are already lying under it?

5. What is the name of the refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border?

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