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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What marked the beginning of Cambodia's rich history?
(a) The festival of the rice harvest.
(b) The building of the Buddhist temple complex of Angkor.
(c) .The building of the first Cambodian pagoda.
(d) The festival of the lights.

2. What group inside Cambodia is mobilizing its forces for one last attack as part of their dry season offensive?
(a) The Khmer Rouge.
(b) The Khmer People's National Liberation soldiers.
(c) The Khmer Serei.
(d) The Vietnamese.

3. During the last two hundred years whose colonialism had Cambodia survived?
(a) Chinese colonialism.
(b) British colonialism.
(c) Japanese colonialism.
(d) French colonialism.

4. Who lets big, red stinging ants crawl on his arm?
(a) Sarun.
(b) Chnay.
(c) Granpa Kem.
(d) Baby.

5. Who does Dara unintentionally knock down in the thronging crowd of refugees?
(a) Two little girls.
(b) A boy and an old woman.
(c) A young woman and her baby.
(d) A boy and an old man.

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

7. What does Sarun start doing after breakfast?
(a) He prayswith his mother to Buddha.
(b) He explores the camp.
(c) He goes off with another Cambodian boy.
(d) He starts building a shelter.

8. What is Dara staring at when Jantu pulls her away?
(a) A little lost girl holding a doll.
(b) A man with no legs.
(c) A little lost dog.
(d) A baby crying.

9. Where do the villagers hide during the bombing?
(a) In their houses.
(b) In the forest.
(c) In the temple.
(d) In trenches dug by the farmers.

10. A dirt road linked the refugee camp with what Thai town?
(a) Aranyaprathet.
(b) Laochan.
(c) Khao Dang.
(d) Arandnang.

11. The author of the book took a leave of absence from what university in order to travel to Thailand?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Cornell University.

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

13. What makes Dara happy when she thinks of her father?
(a) He would tell her stories at bedtime.
(b) He would dance with her.
(c) He would sing to her at night.
(d) He'd take her in his lap and cover her ears during a storm.

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

15. What does the food truck stop next to?
(a) A signpost with a big red "2" written on it.
(b) A signpost with a big blue "2" written on it.
(c) A signpost with a big red "3" written on it.
(d) A signpost with a big blue "3" written on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jantu make out of banana leaves?

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

3. What does Dara's mother do before departing for the refugee camp?

4. What does Dara lose as they flee from the bombing?

5. What sound does Dara hear in the beginning of Chapter 1?

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