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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. When is the next distribution of milled rice supposed to take place according to the cook?
(a) After the flag-raising.
(b) In a week.
(c) Never.
(d) In two weeks.

2. What is Jantu's second request of Dara after her baby brother is in the hammock with her?
(a) To tell a story.
(b) To bring a little rice to eat.
(c) To stoke her forehead.
(d) To rock the hammock and sing.

3. How many soldiers marched up to the flag pole and fired their guns?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eleven.
(d) A dozen.

4. What does Dara have to do on the afternoon of the second day?
(a) Chop vegetables.
(b) Winnow rice.
(c) Cook rice.
(d) Cook beans.

5. In what kind of tree was the skylark perched when Dara heard it sing?
(a) Jacaranda.
(b) Sandalwood.
(c) Tamarind.
(d) Guava.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the boy, Duoic, in the hospital?

2. Where does Dara hear reports of a peace plan?

3. Who is the leader of the Khmer Serei soldiers?

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

5. How long has it been since Dara saw Jantu and her baby brother in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the morning they leave for home.

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

5. When does Chnay finally show up the first day Dara works in the kitchen , what does Dara give him and what does he say?

6. What happens when Dara asks Sarun to get the pass?

7. What does Dara do in Chapter 13 to prepare for the trip home to Siem Reap?

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

9. Who goes with Sarun to the flag-raising and who stays behind with Jantu and why?

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

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