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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 group inside Cambodia is mobilizing its forces for one last attack as part of their dry season offensive?
(a) The Khmer People's National Liberation soldiers.
(b) The Vietnamese.
(c) The Khmer Rouge.
(d) The Khmer Serei.

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

3. What color were the Communist soldiers dressed in?
(a) Khaki.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

4. When Dara arrives at the Tamarind tree how many people are already lying under it?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

5. What does Nea ask Dara to do at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Help carry water back from the well.
(b) Help cook breakfast.
(c) Help take care of baby.
(d) Help wash the sarongs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the hospital where they take Jantu and Baby to located?

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

3. Whose father loved mangoes?

4. What sound does Dara hear in the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. What does Jantu do when she wants absolute silence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Jantu?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when Jantu and Dara see some food trucks?

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