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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused open conflict to break out in Cambodia in the 1970s
(a) War with Thailand.
(b) The rich versus the poor people in Cambodia.
(c) War with Vietnam.
(d) The U.S., Soviet Union and China backing political groups.

2. How many men jump out of the ambulance when it arrives?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

4. What color were the Vietnamese uniforms?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

5. What is the name of the folktale Jantu tells Dara about a coward who turns into a hero?
(a) "Khong the Brave".
(b) "Kling the Fearful".
(c) "Palm the Powerful".
(d) "Longlu the Coward".

6. In what year did the Khmer Rouge declare victory in Cambodia?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1975.

7. What is the name of the refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border?
(a) Lul Chan.
(b) Siem Chan.
(c) Ning Chang.
(d) Nong Chan.

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

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

10. What does Jantu whittle out of a knobby branch?
(a) A whirling top.
(b) A tamarind tree.
(c) A cane for Mother.
(d) A mango tree.

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

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

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

14. What is the name of Dara's village?
(a) Sniep Riem.
(b) Siem Riep.
(c) Siam Rang.
(d) Dnang Reep.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the author travel to Thailand?

3. What does the man in the folktale brag he killed?

4. What disturbs the relative peace in the camp?

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

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