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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which members of Jantu's family had died during the long war years?
(a) Her parents and her younger sister.
(b) Her parents and her older sister.
(c) Her parents and one of her younger brothers.
(d) Her parents and her older brother.

2. What does the man in the folktale brag he killed?
(a) A leopard.
(b) A snake.
(c) A panther.
(d) A tiger.

3. What does Jantu look like?
(a) Tall and thin.
(b) Heavy and jolly.
(c) Short and thin.
(d) Average weight and medium height.

4. When Dara arrives at the Tamarind tree how many people are already lying under it?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

5. Where does Jantu like to play?
(a) In the shelter.
(b) By the ox cart.
(c) Near the stone pillar.
(d) Under the huge tamarind tree.

6. How did the author serve the refugees in Thailand?
(a) She helped set up supplementary feeding programs.
(b) She administered first aid.
(c) She taught the children.
(d) She told stories to the children.

7. What happened in the same year the Khmer Rouge declared victory in Cambodia?
(a) The Communists "liberated" Vietnam.
(b) The US entered the Vietnam war.
(c) South and North Vietnam turned against one another.
(d) Cambodians rallied under one of their soldiers.

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

9. What is the name of the lake by Dara's old village?
(a) Thinlong lake.
(b) Tonle Sap lake.
(c) Tonse Hon lake.
(d) Waeprae lake.

10. With whom does Jantu compare the leaders of Cambodia in her teaching story?
(a) Four deaf brothers.
(b) Four crippled men.
(c) Five blind men.
(d) Four stupid brothers.

11. What persuades the family to start packing?
(a) They want to go to a different refugee camp.
(b) Bombs are dropping at the border.
(c) They have enough supplies and tools.
(d) They want to go home before the monsoons.

12. Who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old?
(a) Prince Sihanouk.
(b) Prince Singnang.
(c) Prince Songdacha.
(d) Prince Soknung.

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

14. What does Jantu make out of a couple of old tin cans and a stick?
(a) Two containers for clay marbles.
(b) A make-bellieve telephone.
(c) A drum for Dara and one for herself and a drumstick.
(d) A toy truck.

15. What does Jantu make out of banana leaves?
(a) A bracelet for Dara and one for herself.
(b) Two small boats.
(c) A plump goldfish or angular frogs.
(d) Tiny hammocks for her clay village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the folktale Jantu tells Dara about a coward who turns into a hero?

2. How old are most of the children lined up at the food truck?

3. What makes Dara happy when she thinks of her father?

4. How old is Nea who welcomed Dara's family to the refugee camp?

5. What is Jantu's personality like?

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