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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to the flag-raising to see Sarun?
(a) Nea, Mother, Dara and Chnay.
(b) Nea, Mother and Grandpa Kem.
(c) Nea and Dara.
(d) Nea and Mother.

2. What does Dara protest about to the cook on the second afternoon in Chapter 12?
(a) The women were pounding special rice seed for planting.
(b) The cook wasn't feeding the monkey.
(c) The cook was hoarding rice for himself.
(d) The cook was mistreating the workers.

3. Where was Jantu's father killed?
(a) In the mango orchard behind her house.
(b) In the guava orchard behind her house.
(c) In th e rice paddy behind her house.
(d) On the front porch of her house.

4. What did the ruler who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old look like?
(a) Large with a mean face.
(b) Thin and dark.
(c) Sad and little.
(d) Round-faced and smiling.

5. When does Chnay show up for food on the first day Dara works in the kitchen?
(a) When the sun was just setting.
(b) At night when it had started to rain.
(c) When it is pitch-dark and the full moon has risen.
(d) In the evening when the crescent moon hung in the sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author view the refugees?

2. How many women were busy pounding rice?

3. Who is Chnay?

4. When is the next distribution of milled rice supposed to take place according to the cook?

5. How is Khao I Dang different from Nong Chan?

(see the answer key)

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