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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 is the weather like on the day Dara and Nea start their journey to Khao I Dang?
(a) A light rain is falling.
(b) It's pouring rain.
(c) It's windy and cold.
(d) The sun is shining.

2. How will Nea and Dara get to the refugee camp where Jantu and Baby are in the hospital?
(a) In an oxcart.
(b) In a Red Cross Van.
(c) By foot.
(d) In a Thai ambulance.

3. Who had Chnay made friends with besides some loner boys?
(a) A little girl.
(b) The monkey.
(c) A motherly woman.
(d) A Buddhist priest.

4. Where does the cook take Dara on the next day in Chapter 12?
(a) To the garden to gather vegetables.
(b) To Kung Silor.
(c) To the orchard to pick fruit.
(d) Past the parade grounds to a low, thatched shed.

5. What is in the middle of the clearing in the forest?
(a) A tall bamboo watch tower.
(b) The Thai flag.
(c) The blue and white Khmer Serei flag.
(d) The Khmer Serei General.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Dara wished she had been able to give Jantu?

2. What could Dara see behind the grove of jacaranda trees over the thatched roof of the kitchen.

3. Where do Chnay and Dara pause after going down a path veering off from the square farther into the camp?

4. When do Dara and Nea ask Sarun to get them a pass to find Jantu and Baby?

5. Why does Dara call to Mother and Nea in alarm in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Dara and Sarun when they return to Siem Reap?

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

3. What do Dara and Chnay see when they get part way into the forest on their way to find Sarun and the family?

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

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

6. What does Chnay give Dara and why won't he come with them?

7. What tragic event happens in the forest after the sun has gone down when Dara, Nea, Jantu and Baby are returning to the base camp?

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

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

10. Describe the Khao I Dang refugee camp.

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