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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?
(a) Chang Ho.
(b) Dnang Pot.
(c) Pol Pot.
(d) Ho Chi Minh.

2. How old are most of the children lined up at the food truck?
(a) Eight or nine.
(b) Ten or eleven.
(c) Six or seven.
(d) Five or six.

3. 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) Siemwong.
(c) Dangthek.
(d) Waeprong.

4. What is the name of the woman who wrote this book?
(a) Waeprae Ho.
(b) Fongchu Ho.
(c) Minfong Ho.
(d) Leesong Ho.

5. What is Baby's real name?
(a) Sirung.
(b) Ningnong.
(c) Palm.
(d) Nebut.

6. From what direction was the sound that Dara and Sarun heard coming?
(a) The west.
(b) The south.
(c) The north.
(d) The east.

7. Why do the Communists kill Dara's father?
(a) He taunted the Communists.
(b) To put fear into the villagers.
(c) He was sick.
(d) He knew how to read and write and taught the children.

8. How old is Dara in Chapter 3?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirteen.

9. 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 want to go home before the monsoons.
(d) They have enough supplies and tools.

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

11. What color were the Communist soldiers dressed in?
(a) Khaki.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

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

13. What color are the Thai soldiers' uniforms?
(a) Deep blue.
(b) Olive green.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

14. How old is Jantu in Chapter 3?
(a) Fifteen
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirteen.

15. What is Grandpa Kem's team told to do after they register at the camp headquarters?
(a) Return the next day.
(b) Return in three days.
(c) Return in two days.
(d) Wait to be notified at their shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Jantu compare the leaders of Cambodia in her teaching story?

2. How many times a day are the bombs dropped on the village?

3. What does Jantu look like?

4. What color were the Vietnamese uniforms?

5. What is Dara staring at when Jantu pulls her away?

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