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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 kind of trees are on the trail in Chapter 1?
(a) Bamboo and palm trees.
(b) Wild tamarind and rain trees.
(c) Banana and Guava trees.
(d) Mango and teak trees.

2. How far is the camp headquarters from where Dara's family is living?
(a) One and a half miles.
(b) Three miles.
(c) Three and a half miles.
(d) Two miles.

3. What does Jantu make out of a couple of old tin cans and a stick?
(a) A make-bellieve telephone.
(b) A drum for Dara and one for herself and a drumstick.
(c) Two containers for clay marbles.
(d) A toy truck.

4. What persuades the family to start packing?
(a) They want to go home before the monsoons.
(b) They have enough supplies and tools.
(c) Bombs are dropping at the border.
(d) They want to go to a different refugee camp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the hospital where they take Jantu and Baby to located?

2. What does Jantu make out of banana leaves?

3. Where do the villagers hide during the bombing?

4. What is the Khmer Serei resistance doing to counter the Vietnamese attack?

5. What is the name of the folktale Jantu tells Dara about a coward who turns into a hero?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a short account of the the wars Cambodia was involved in before the 1970s?

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

3. What does Jantu make?

4. What happened during the 1970s which led to open conflict in Cambodia?

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

6. Why does Dara's family decide to travel to the refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border?

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

8. Who marched into Dara's village shortly after she turned twelve and what did they do?

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

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

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