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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 the food truck stop next to?
(a) A signpost with a big blue "3" written on it.
(b) A signpost with a big red "3" written on it.
(c) A signpost with a big red "2" written on it.
(d) A signpost with a big blue "2" written on it.

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

3. With whom does Jantu compare the leaders of Cambodia in her teaching story?
(a) Five blind men.
(b) Four crippled men.
(c) Four deaf brothers.
(d) Four stupid brothers.

4. What does Jantu do to the clay marble to make it magic?
(a) She blesses it.
(b) She asks Buddha to bless it.
(c) She blows on it.
(d) She carves a tiny d into it with a tiny stick.

5. Where is the hospital where they take Jantu and Baby to located?
(a) In the Lu Ho Nong refugee camp.
(b) In the Ming I Ho refugee camp.
(c) In the Nong Chan refugee camp.
(d) In the Khao I Dang refugee camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jantu's personality like?

2. What persuades the family to start packing?

3. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?

4. Whose father loved mangoes?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the lunch truck?

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

5. What are of the stories Jantu tells to Dara?

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

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

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

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

10. What do Sarun and his family do after their first breakfast in the camp?

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