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

2. How many years did Cambodia's history date back to in the Preface?
(a) Over 700 years.
(b) Over three thousand years.
(c) Over two thousand years.
(d) Over one thousand years.

3. 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?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

4. What is Baby's real name?
(a) Ningnong.
(b) Palm.
(c) Nebut.
(d) Sirung.

5. What did the Communist soldiers tell the villagers?
(a) That they were enemies of the Communists.
(b) That their villages would be burned by them.
(c) That they would die of starvation.
(d) That the American Imperialists were bombing them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the author on her first day at the border?

2. How old is Dara in Chapter 3?

3. What does Nea ask Dara to do at the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. What happened when Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia?

5. What does Jantu make out of wild vines?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are mangoes important in Jantu's and Dara's lives?

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

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

4. What team does Sarun join and why?

5. Who is Jantu?

6. What is left of Nea's family?

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

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

9. What does Sarun proudly show Nea when he returns from the distribution center?

10. What does Jantu make for Dara that makes her feel better after Chnay destroys a pair of dolls Jantu made?

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