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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 does Sarun wake up Baby after his return to the campsite?
(a) He gives the baby to Nea.
(b) He shakes Baby.
(c) He yanks on the hammock rope.
(d) He yells really loud.

2. What had Dara placed over Jantu before she was cremated?
(a) Wild roses and lilies.
(b) Wild cleome and morning glories.
(c) Lupine and black-eyed susans.
(d) Heather and daisies.

3. What is Sarun's reaction when Dara and Nea show him the the oxcarts fully packed and ready to go?
(a) He is proud of Dara and Nea.
(b) He is ashamed.
(c) He is overjoyed.
(d) He is surprised and angry.

4. What do Chnay and Dara do on the first day in the Khmer Serei military camp?
(a) They rest and pray to Lord Buddha for hellp.
(b) Circle outer edges of the camp searching for Dara's familly.
(c) They ask everyone if they have seen Dara's family.
(d) They search for food.

5. What was the name of the Vietnamese-backed government?
(a) The Vietnamese-backed Lao Se Tung government.
(b) The Vietnamese-backed Ling Sao Tao governement,.
(c) The Vietnamese-backed Heng Samrin government.
(d) The Vietnamese-backed Ho Chi Minh government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarun now think is more important than planting rice?

2. How is Khao I Dang different from Nong Chan?

3. How often does Mother visit Dara after they return home?

4. Before Sarun goes to the flag-raising what does Jantu ask him to do?

5. Where was the magic--in Jantu's marble or in Dara's marble?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dara's mother tend to Jantu after she'd brought back to the base camp in Chapter 16?

2. When Nea asks Sarun if he can come with them to find Jantu and her baby brother what does he answer?

3. Describe the speech Dara and Jantu hear coming over the loudspeakers.

4. In Chapter 18 what does Nea reveal to Dara about the marbles?

5. Describe the chores Dara is ordered to do by the bad-tempered cook in the kitchen the first day?

6. How is Dara reunited with her family at the end of Chapter 12?

7. What does Dara do after Jantu is brought back to the base camp to help her?

8. Why did Sarun and his family leave the campsite at Nong Chan?

9. What happens at the end of the fourth day?

10. Who do they meet in the hospital when they find Jantu and her baby brother?

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