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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Nea who welcomed Dara's family to the refugee camp?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) seventeen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen or nineteen.

2. Who is Chnay?
(a) One of Jantu's cousins.
(b) An orphan and a bully.
(c) One of Dara's neighbors from her village.
(d) A young soldier.

3. How old is Jantu in Chapter 3?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fifteen

4. What does Dara's mother do before departing for the refugee camp?
(a) She gathers her family around her, telling them she loved them.
(b) She digs up her silver Buddha figure.
(c) She packs provisions of rice.
(d) She packs the family's clothes.

5. What does the food truck stop next to?
(a) A signpost with a big blue "2" written on it.
(b) A signpost with a big red "3" written on it.
(c) A signpost with a big red "2" written on it.
(d) A signpost with a big blue "3" written on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times a day are the bombs dropped on the village?

2. How high are the piles of stacked rice?

3. Where do the villagers hide during the bombing?

4. What does Jantu do when she wants absolute silence?

5. What is Dara staring at when Jantu pulls her away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jantu reveal to Dara that was hidden by a palm fronds?

2. What are of the stories Jantu tells to Dara?

3. Describe the first person to welcome Dara's family to Nong Chan.

4. Where do Jantu and Dara build a shelter and what do they do there?

5. What is left of Nea's family?

6. What are the basic rations refugee families receive and what do they do when they first arrive at camp?

7. The author of this book left what university in what year to return to Thailand and help the refugees?

8. What does Jantu make?

9. Who is Jantu?

10. What happens to Dara when she runs for help for Baby?

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