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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like on the day Dara and Nea start their journey to Khao I Dang?
(a) The sun is shining.
(b) A light rain is falling.
(c) It's windy and cold.
(d) It's pouring rain.

2. What does Nea say as she sobs after seeing Jantu is dead?
(a) "She is gone and I want to go too. I want to go home."
(b) "Sarun you shouldn't enlist!" Look what war does."
(c) "Jantu, Jantu, I love you and I'll miss you."
(d) "War is evil."

3. Who had Chnay made friends with besides some loner boys?
(a) A motherly woman.
(b) A Buddhist priest.
(c) A little girl.
(d) The monkey.

4. What tragic event happens in the forest on the way back to the base camp?
(a) Dara is shot in the leg.
(b) Nea is shot and mortally wounded.
(c) Jantu is shot and mortally wounded.
(d) Sarun shootsand hits one of the girls.

5. Why is the boy, Duoic, in the hospital?
(a) He has a deep wound in his side.
(b) His arm was shot off in the war.
(c) He stepped on a mine and is lost his legs.
(d) He has malaria.

6. What do Chnay and Dara do on the first day in the Khmer Serei military camp?
(a) They rest and pray to Lord Buddha for hellp.
(b) Circle outer edges of the camp searching for Dara's familly.
(c) They ask everyone if they have seen Dara's family.
(d) They search for food.

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

8. What does Dara have to do on the afternoon of the second day?
(a) Cook beans.
(b) Chop vegetables.
(c) Cook rice.
(d) Winnow rice.

9. What are the sexes of Nea's and Sarun's children?
(a) Two girls and a boy.
(b) Three girls.
(c) Two boys and a girl.
(d) Three boys.

10. In what kind of tree was the skylark perched when Dara heard it sing?
(a) Guava.
(b) Tamarind.
(c) Sandalwood.
(d) Jacaranda.

11. Where had Nea and Dara parked the oxcarts?
(a) In the forest near the base camp.
(b) In a banana grove.
(c) Next to the parade ground.
(d) By a large tamarind tree.

12. What does Dara see in the fading sunlight on her way back to the campsite?
(a) The huge tamarind tree.
(b) The river.
(c) Silhouettes of the tall watch towers.
(d) The stone pillar.

13. Where does the cook take Dara on the next day in Chapter 12?
(a) To the garden to gather vegetables.
(b) Past the parade grounds to a low, thatched shed.
(c) To Kung Silor.
(d) To the orchard to pick fruit.

14. What does Dara find when she reaches the stone pillar?
(a) A note from Nea.
(b) A note from Sarun.
(c) A note from Mother.
(d) Broken clay dolls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandpa Kem do when left behind with Jantu, Baby and Dara?

2. Why isn't Dara's family at the campsite when Dara arrives there?

3. When Dara asks Chnay in what direction her family went, what does he answer?

4. How old is Duoic?

5. What does Duoic finally do for himself after he had tried to get someone else to do it for him?

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