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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Sarun change his mind and go ask for the pass?
(a) Nea flirts with him.
(b) Dara threatens to go to Kung Silor herself and ask.
(c) He is suddenly ashamed of himself for his selfishness.
(d) Mother pleads with him.

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

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

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

5. What does Dara want to teach her daughter?
(a) How to make a tiny village of clay.
(b) How to make a sarong.
(c) How to make a magic marble herself.
(d) How to make toys.

6. Where does Dara hear reports of a peace plan?
(a) From a neighboring village.
(b) Over the radio.
(c) In the newspaper.
(d) From Sarun.

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

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

9. Where does Mother live after they return home to Siem Reap?
(a) With a neighbor.
(b) With Grandpa Kem.
(c) Alone.
(d) With Nea and Sarun.

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

11. What warning does Sarun give to the girls about their trip to get Jantu and Baby?
(a) To be careful not to catch a disease at the hospital.
(b) To be sure to pray to Lord Buddha for a safe trip.
(c) To return before nightfall.
(d) To be careful not to lose their pass.

12. Who watches Dara as she eats her rice?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A Khmer Serei soldier.
(c) The cook.
(d) Chnay.

13. When Dara asks Chnay who broke the clay dolls what does he say?
(a) That Sarun did it accidentally.
(b) That several Thai soldiers broke them/
(c) That one of the refugees broke them.
(d) That he broke them out of spite.

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

15. How will Nea and Dara get to the refugee camp where Jantu and Baby are in the hospital?
(a) By foot.
(b) In a Thai ambulance.
(c) In an oxcart.
(d) In a Red Cross Van.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is most of the fighting taking place?

2. What time is it when they finally arrive at the Khao I Dang refugee camp?

3. What does Dara see in the fading sunlight on her way back to the campsite?

4. How is Khao I Dang different from Nong Chan?

5. What does Sarun announce to his family after the military demonstration and speech?

(see the answer keys)

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