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

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

4. 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.

5. How does Jantu comfort Dara at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) She tells her a comforting story.
(b) She tells Dara how proud she is of her.
(c) She makes her a magic clay marble.
(d) She sings Dara a lullaby.

6. What does Sarun want to do in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Gather supplies and go home to plant before the monsoons.
(b) Emigrate to the United States
(c) Join the army and fight for Cambodia.
(d) Settle in Thailand.

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

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

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

10. How did the author view the refugees?
(a) As poor, needy people.
(b) As victors determined to start their lives over.
(c) As suffering, hungry people.
(d) As victims of a ruthless regime.

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

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

13. What is the mobile Jantu makes?
(a) Two delicate dolls husking rice.
(b) Two farmers planting rince.
(c) Two dogs playing.
(d) Two mothers rocking their babies.

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

15. What does Jantu do when she wants absolute silence?
(a) She shouts "Keep quiet now".
(b) She prays to Buddha for silence.
(c) She wears a frown of concentration.
(d) She folds her arms and glares.