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

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

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

4. What is the something special that Sarun told Nea he had brought back?
(a) A bag of fruit.
(b) Vegetables for a stew for the evening meal.
(c) Rice seed specially treated against insects and mildew.
(d) A new sarong for her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in the same year the Khmer Rouge declared victory in Cambodia?

2. What is the name of the refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border?

3. What does Jantu do to the clay marble to make it magic?

4. Where do the villagers hide during the bombing?

5. What did the author of the book do when she arrived in Thailand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is hurt during the bombing of the trucks and what is done about it?

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

3. What does Jantu make?

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

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

6. Cambodia's history dated back how many years to the building of what?

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

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

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

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

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