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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the family talk about first when they are reunited and sit around the campfire?
(a) Going home to their village.
(b) The coming monsoons.
(c) Sarun's transformation into a soldier.
(d) The magic marble.

2. Where do Chnay and Dara pause after going down a path veering off from the square farther into the camp?
(a) At a narrow wooden bridge spanning a deep trench.
(b) At a tamarind tree when they stop to rest.
(c) At a large wooden shelter that smelled of food.
(d) At a stream where they bathed their feet.

3. How many years had passed in the Afterword since the time at the border?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. How many tries did Chnay make in order to perfect the wooden cowbell he carved for Dara?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. What does Dara do the next morning in the kitchen?
(a) Scrubs very dirty pots.
(b) Starts the lunch.
(c) Peels potatoes.
(d) Polishes silverware.

6. How many children does Dara have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

7. What is Dara doing as she talks with Sarun about enlisting versus going home to plant rice?
(a) Crying.
(b) Shaking with emotion.
(c) Shaping a clay marble.
(d) Silently praying to Lord Buddha.

8. How many children do Nea and Sarun have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

9. Where is most of the fighting taking place?
(a) In the North.
(b) In the West.
(c) On the border.
(d) In the East.

10. What delicious food does Dara smell in the camp?
(a) Roast port.
(b) Roast chicken.
(c) Roast lamb.
(d) Roast beef.

11. To whom does Dara give some of her rice?
(a) An old man.
(b) A little lost boy.
(c) A little lost girl.
(d) A monkey on a chain.

12. What is the leader of the base camp wearing around his neck?
(a) A bronze Khmer Serei emblem.
(b) A silver figure of Buddha.
(c) A huge bear's tooth.
(d) A huge tiger's tooth.

13. What does Grandpa Kem do when left behind with Jantu, Baby and Dara?
(a) He gathers straw for the oxen.
(b) He helps Dara put cool cloths on Jantu's wound.
(c) He prepares a rice meal for Jantu and Dara.
(d) He tells the girls an old folktale to make them feel better.

14. When Dara asks Chnay in what direction her family went, what does he answer?
(a) Northeast.
(b) Northwest.
(c) Southwest.
(d) Southeast.

15. How far away is the base camp where Dara wants to search for her family?
(a) About three miles.
(b) About five miles.
(c) About four miles.
(d) About two miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jantu's wound located on her body?

2. What are the girls taking turns doing when they are walking in the forest toward the base camp?

3. What does Dara see when she wakes up the morning they are to leave for Siem Reap?

4. What had Dara wished she had been able to give Jantu?

5. What is Sarun's reaction when Dara and Nea show him the the oxcarts fully packed and ready to go?

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