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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 does the cook call Dara on the next day in Chapter 12?
(a) A helpful little girl.
(b) A sweet and pretty girl.
(c) A skinny, little orphan.
(d) A nasty, little Cambodian.

2. What is the leader of the base camp wearing around his neck?
(a) A bronze Khmer Serei emblem.
(b) A huge tiger's tooth.
(c) A huge bear's tooth.
(d) A silver figure of Buddha.

3. How does Sarun wake up Baby after his return to the campsite?
(a) He gives the baby to Nea.
(b) He yanks on the hammock rope.
(c) He yells really loud.
(d) He shakes Baby.

4. What does Nea say as she sobs after seeing Jantu is dead?
(a) "War is evil."
(b) "She is gone and I want to go too. I want to go home."
(c) "Sarun you shouldn't enlist!" Look what war does."
(d) "Jantu, Jantu, I love you and I'll miss you."

5. What is the Khmer Serei resistance doing to counter the Vietnamese attack?
(a) Building up their arms.
(b) Fleeing deeper into Thailand.
(c) Invading Cambodia.
(d) Recruiting more men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What marked the beginning of Cambodia's rich history?

2. Who goes to the flag-raising to see Sarun?

3. What river 80 miles upstream from Cambodia did the author stroll along?

4. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers tell them over and over?

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

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