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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 does Jantu do when she wants absolute silence?
(a) She prays to Buddha for silence.
(b) She folds her arms and glares.
(c) She shouts "Keep quiet now".
(d) She wears a frown of concentration.

2. Why do the Communists kill Dara's father?
(a) To put fear into the villagers.
(b) He was sick.
(c) He taunted the Communists.
(d) He knew how to read and write and taught the children.

3. 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 People's National Liberation soldiers.
(c) The Khmer Serei.
(d) The Vietnamese.

4. What does Jantu whittle out of a knobby branch?
(a) A cane for Mother.
(b) A mango tree.
(c) A whirling top.
(d) A tamarind tree.

5. Who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old?
(a) Prince Singnang.
(b) Prince Soknung.
(c) Prince Sihanouk.
(d) Prince Songdacha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dara's village like when she was two- or three-years-old?

2. What injury does Jantu's baby brother have?

3. How old is Jantu in Chapter 3?

4. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers tell them over and over?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What two important events happened in Southeast Asia in 1975?

2. Who is Jantu?

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

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

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

6. What does Jantu make?

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

8. What injury does Baby have and what is done about it?

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

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

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