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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. What group inside Cambodia is mobilizing its forces for one last attack as part of their dry season offensive?
(a) The Khmer Rouge.
(b) The Khmer Serei.
(c) The Khmer People's National Liberation soldiers.
(d) The Vietnamese.

2. What is the name of Dara's village?
(a) Siam Rang.
(b) Sniep Riem.
(c) Dnang Reep.
(d) Siem Riep.

3. What injury does Jantu's baby brother have?
(a) A fractured ankle.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) A fractured wrist.

4. What sound does Dara hear in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The sound of dogs barking.
(b) The mooing of a cow.
(c) The sound guns and bombs..
(d) The tinkling of a cow bell.

5. What else happened to Cambodians during the Khmer Rouge regime?
(a) They weren't allowed to pray to Buddha.
(b) They were shut off from the rest of the world.
(c) Their schools were shut down.
(d) They didn't have enough food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man who talks soothingly to the baby look like?

2. With whom does Jantu compare the leaders of Cambodia in her teaching story?

3. What is Jantu's personality like?

4. What was the color of the armbands worn by the officials who ushered the registered team of men into the corrals where the sacks of rice had been placed?

5. What makes Dara happy when she thinks of her father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the lunch truck?

4. What does Jantu do when Dara tells her she cannot find her way back to the camp?

5. What do Sarun and his family do after their first breakfast in the camp?

6. What were some of the things that happened to the Cambodian people under the Khmer Rouge?

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

8. Give a short description of the happier days Dara remembered when she was two or three?

9. What team does Sarun join and why?

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

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