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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jantu ask Dara to sing to her and her baby brother?
(a) A song about home.
(b) A song about fairies and elves.
(c) A song about young Cambodian lovers.
(d) A song about women winnowing rice.

2. What was the name of the Vietnamese-backed government?
(a) The Vietnamese-backed Ho Chi Minh government.
(b) The Vietnamese-backed Lao Se Tung government.
(c) The Vietnamese-backed Heng Samrin government.
(d) The Vietnamese-backed Ling Sao Tao governement,.

3. What does Dara do after lunch on the first day in the kitchen?
(a) Peels potatoes.
(b) Peels a huge basket of garlic.
(c) Chops huge piles of herbs.
(d) Peels a huge basket of yellow squash for a stew.

4. When Nea and Dara ask Sarun to get the pass to Khao I Dang from his commanding officer what does he say?
(a) "I'll do it right away."
(b) "Impossible, my commanding officer is very busy."
(c) "You go get the pass yourselves."
(d) "I'm sorry not now, but I'll try tomorrow."

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

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

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

8. Where was the magic--in Jantu's marble or in Dara's marble?
(a) In Jantu's marble.
(b) In neither, but rather in Jantu and Dara themselves.
(c) In Dara's marble.
(d) In both marbles.

9. When do Dara and Nea ask Sarun to get them a pass to find Jantu and Baby?
(a) They wake him in the night.
(b) At night in front of the camp fire.
(c) Before he leaves for his military drills the next morning.
(d) During his military drills.

10. What does Dara's mother smell like when she holds Dara in her arms?
(a) Wet earth after a rainstorm.
(b) Rice and stew.
(c) Sweet flowers that used to grow in Dara's village.
(d) Bamboo.

11. What is Jantu's second request of Dara after her baby brother is in the hammock with her?
(a) To rock the hammock and sing.
(b) To stoke her forehead.
(c) To tell a story.
(d) To bring a little rice to eat.

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

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

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

15. What does Duoic finally do for himself after he had tried to get someone else to do it for him?
(a) Call a nurse.
(b) Get his water bottle.
(c) Get a book from under his bed.
(d) Arrange his pillows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could Dara see behind the grove of jacaranda trees over the thatched roof of the kitchen.

2. Where does Mother live after they return home to Siem Reap?

3. How many children do Nea and Sarun have?

4. Who tends to Jantu when she is brought back to the base camp wounded?

5. What kind of moon is rising as Dara tries to find her way back to her family?

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