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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the Khmer Serei resistance doing to counter the Vietnamese attack?
(a) Building up their arms.
(b) Fleeing deeper into Thailand.
(c) Invading Cambodia.
(d) Recruiting more men.

5. What happens when Dara and Jantu investigate a food truck they see along the way?
(a) They find some hot stew made of yellow squash over rice.
(b) They find some fruit in a pot.
(c) They encounter some mean soldiers.
(d) Bombs drop, destroying the truck and hurting Baby.

6. What does Jantu make out of wild vines?
(a) A delicate necklace for Dara.
(b) A delicate bracelet.
(c) A green crown for Dara's head.
(d) A miniature swing for the toy village.

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

8. Who does Dara unintentionally knock down in the thronging crowd of refugees?
(a) A boy and an old man.
(b) A young woman and her baby.
(c) A boy and an old woman.
(d) Two little girls.

9. What was the color of the armbands worn by the officials who ushered the registered team of men into the corrals where the sacks of rice had been placed?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

10. The author of the book took a leave of absence from what university in order to travel to Thailand?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Cornell University.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Nea ask Dara to do at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Help wash the sarongs.
(b) Help carry water back from the well.
(c) Help take care of baby.
(d) Help cook breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group inside Cambodia is mobilizing its forces for one last attack as part of their dry season offensive?

2. How many years did Cambodia's history date back to in the Preface?

3. What happened when Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia?

4. What caused open conflict to break out in Cambodia in the 1970s

5. What is the name of the woman who wrote this book?

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