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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dance the young men and women would dance at harvest time back in Dara's village?
(a) Ramwong.
(b) Dangthek.
(c) Siemwong.
(d) Waeprong.

2. What did the Communist soldiers tell the villagers?
(a) That they were enemies of the Communists.
(b) That the American Imperialists were bombing them.
(c) That their villages would be burned by them.
(d) That they would die of starvation.

3. Who is Chnay?
(a) A young soldier.
(b) One of Dara's neighbors from her village.
(c) One of Jantu's cousins.
(d) An orphan and a bully.

4. What happened when Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia?
(a) Cambodians suffered even more hardship.
(b) Cambodians began to back the Khmer Rouge.
(c) Cambodians were able to flee their country.
(d) Cambodians gave up all hope.

5. What does Jantu ask Dara to sing to her and her baby brother?
(a) A song about women winnowing rice.
(b) A song about fairies and elves.
(c) A song about young Cambodian lovers.
(d) A song about home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dara's village like when she was two- or three-years-old?

2. What does Jantu whittle out of a knobby branch?

3. What does Jantu tell Dara after all her dolls and toys had been destroyed?

4. What did the author of the book do when she arrived in Thailand?

5. What kind of trees are on the trail in Chapter 1?

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