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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 is the mobile Jantu makes?
(a) Two mothers rocking their babies.
(b) Two delicate dolls husking rice.
(c) Two farmers planting rince.
(d) Two dogs playing.

2. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?
(a) Dnang Pot.
(b) Chang Ho.
(c) Ho Chi Minh.
(d) Pol Pot.

3. How does Jantu comfort Dara at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) She tells her a comforting story.
(b) She sings Dara a lullaby.
(c) She tells Dara how proud she is of her.
(d) She makes her a magic clay marble.

4. Where does Jantu like to play?
(a) In the shelter.
(b) By the ox cart.
(c) Near the stone pillar.
(d) Under the huge tamarind tree.

5. About how many people were estimated to be at camp Nong Chan?
(a) About 4 thousand.
(b) About 40 thousand.
(c) About 30 thousand.
(d) About 10 thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author view the refugees?

2. In what year did the author travel to Thailand?

3. What kind of trees are on the trail in Chapter 1?

4. Whose father loved mangoes?

5. What is the name of the woman who wrote this book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What suddenly disturbs the relative peace of the camp?

6. What is the lunch truck?

7. What does Sarun tell his family about Nong Chan?

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

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

10. What is left of Nea's family?

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