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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disturbs the relative peace in the camp?
(a) An outbreak of a contagious disease.
(b) Sudden food shortage.
(c) Bombs, shelling and soldiers recruiting.
(d) Families fighting with one another.

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

3. What does Jantu tell Dara after all her dolls and toys had been destroyed?
(a) "Never mind, we can always start something new".
(b) "I'll never make a toy again."
(c) "My heart is broken like the toys."
(d) "Life is so hard."

4. In what year did the author travel to Thailand?
(a) The spring of 1980.
(b) The spring of 1981.
(c) The fall of 1979.
(d) The fall of 1978.

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

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

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

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

9. Where was Jantu's father killed?
(a) In the guava orchard behind her house.
(b) In th e rice paddy behind her house.
(c) On the front porch of her house.
(d) In the mango orchard behind her house.

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

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

12. How many Cambodian men, women and children were killed under the Khmer Rouge dictatorship?
(a) More than 70 thousand.
(b) More than one million.
(c) More than 80 thousand.
(d) More than a million and a half.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the something special that Sarun told Nea he had brought back?

3. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?

4. What is Baby's real name?

5. What is the mobile Jantu makes?

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