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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 Dara do the next morning in the kitchen?
(a) Starts the lunch.
(b) Peels potatoes.
(c) Scrubs very dirty pots.
(d) Polishes silverware.

2. Where is most of the fighting taking place?
(a) In the West.
(b) In the North.
(c) In the East.
(d) On the border.

3. What character quality do Dara and Sarun discuss as they talk of Sarun's enlisting in the war?
(a) Toughness.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Courage.
(d) Gentleness.

4. Where was the magic--in Jantu's marble or in Dara's marble?
(a) In Jantu's marble.
(b) In both marbles.
(c) In Dara's marble.
(d) In neither, but rather in Jantu and Dara themselves.

5. What does Grandpa Kem do when left behind with Jantu, Baby and Dara?
(a) He prepares a rice meal for Jantu and Dara.
(b) He gathers straw for the oxen.
(c) He helps Dara put cool cloths on Jantu's wound.
(d) He tells the girls an old folktale to make them feel better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What delicious food does Dara smell in the camp?

2. When does Sarun ask his commanding officer for the pass?

3. Who rushes to the hammock after Nea utters a cry?

4. How many children do Nea and Sarun have?

5. How many tries did Chnay make in order to perfect the wooden cowbell he carved for Dara?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the cook take Dara on the second afternoon and what does she have to do?

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

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

4. What do Dara and Nea do after they finish loading the ox carts for the trip home?

5. Describe the Khao I Dang refugee camp.

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

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

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

9. Describe Jantu's cremation.

10. How does Dara prove her courage in Chapter 17?

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