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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man who talks soothingly to the baby look like?
(a) He's a white foreigner with a bushy red beard.
(b) He's a small, thin Cambodian medic.
(c) He's a Thai Red Cross worker.
(d) He's a white foreigner with a black beard.

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

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

4. 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 sings Dara a lullaby.
(d) She makes her a magic clay marble.

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

6. What does Sarun start doing after breakfast?
(a) He prayswith his mother to Buddha.
(b) He explores the camp.
(c) He starts building a shelter.
(d) He goes off with another Cambodian boy.

7. When Dara arrives at the Tamarind tree how many people are already lying under it?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

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

9. What did the author of the book do when she arrived in Thailand?
(a) Visited relatives.
(b) Joined an international relief agency.
(c) Started a journal.
(d) Took photographs.

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

11. What does Jantu do to the clay marble to make it magic?
(a) She blesses it.
(b) She blows on it.
(c) She asks Buddha to bless it.
(d) She carves a tiny d into it with a tiny stick.

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

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

14. Where does Jantu like to play?
(a) Under the huge tamarind tree.
(b) Near the stone pillar.
(c) By the ox cart.
(d) In the shelter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of the book took a leave of absence from what university in order to travel to Thailand?

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

3. What happened to the author on her first day at the border?

4. Whose father loved mangoes?

5. How did the author serve the refugees in Thailand?

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