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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Dara get a job in the camp kitchen?
(a) Kung Silor.
(b) A Khmer Serei soldier.
(c) The kitchen cook.
(d) Chnay.

2. How old is Duoic?
(a) Thirteen or fourteen.
(b) Eight or nine.
(c) Fifteen or sixteen.
(d) Ten or eleven.

3. Why isn't Dara's family at the campsite when Dara arrives there?
(a) They were killed in a bombing.
(b) They went to look for Dara, Jantu and Baby.
(c) They went to the soldiers' base camp to be safe.
(d) They went home to Cambodia.

4. What does the cook call Dara on the next day in Chapter 12?
(a) A sweet and pretty girl.
(b) A nasty, little Cambodian.
(c) A helpful little girl.
(d) A skinny, little orphan.

5. What does Sarun now think is more important than planting rice?
(a) Marrying Nea.
(b) Enlisting in Kung Silor's army.
(c) The flag-raising and marching before the Prince.
(d) Going to get Jantu and her baby brother.

6. How is Khao I Dang different from Nong Chan?
(a) It's surrounded by a high wooden fence.
(b) Everything is in perfect order.
(c) There are many fruit trees.
(d) There's a huge lake in the middle of the camp.

7. What does Jantu compare war to?
(a) A mystery.
(b) A joke.
(c) Slaughter.
(d) A soccer game.

8. What time is it when they finally arrive at the Khao I Dang refugee camp?
(a) 1 pm.
(b) 2 pm.
(c) 3 pm.
(d) High noon.

9. What does Sarun announce to his family after the military demonstration and speech?
(a) That he hates war.
(b) That he is going to enlist.
(c) That he wants to marry Nea immediately.
(d) That he now wants to go home to Cambodia.

10. What kind of personality does the cook have?
(a) Sad and introverted.
(b) Mean-tempered.
(c) Fatherly.
(d) Jolly.

11. Who tends to Jantu when she is brought back to the base camp wounded?
(a) Dara.
(b) Nea.
(c) Sarun.
(d) Mother.

12. What do Dara and Chnay see in a clearing in the forest?
(a) Refugee families around campfires.
(b) Soldiers marching and singing.
(c) A herd of deer.
(d) Young women and men dancing.

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

14. Before Sarun goes to the flag-raising what does Jantu ask him to do?
(a) Move her to the outside hammock.
(b) Arrange for the Red Cross van to take her to the hospital.
(c) Extract the bullet.
(d) Bring her something to eat.

15. Who gives Dara a handful of rice the next morning in Chapter 9?
(a) A little boy.
(b) A friendly woman.
(c) A teenaged girl.
(d) A kind old man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far away is the base camp where Dara wants to search for her family?

3. What does Dara want to teach her daughter?

4. When Dara asks Chnay who broke the clay dolls what does he say?

5. What tragic event happens in the forest on the way back to the base camp?

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