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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. Who helps Dara get a job in the camp kitchen?
(a) A Khmer Serei soldier.
(b) Kung Silor.
(c) The kitchen cook.
(d) Chnay.

2. Who is the leader of the Khmer Serei soldiers?
(a) General Kang Salor.
(b) General Kong Sulir.
(c) General King Sulir.
(d) General Kung Silor.

3. Who watches Dara as she eats her rice?
(a) A Khmer Serei soldier.
(b) Chnay.
(c) The cook.
(d) A monkey.

4. When does Sarun ask his commanding officer for the pass?
(a) The next day, after the flag-raising.
(b) That same day.
(c) In two weeks.
(d) The next week.

5. What does Dara do after lunch on the first day in the kitchen?
(a) Peels potatoes.
(b) Peels a huge basket of garlic.
(c) Peels a huge basket of yellow squash for a stew.
(d) Chops huge piles of herbs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nea say as she sobs after seeing Jantu is dead?

3. Who goes to the flag-raising to see Sarun?

4. How does Sarun wake up Baby after his return to the campsite?

5. What does Dara find when she reaches the stone pillar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the morning they leave for home.

3. Describe Jantu's cremation.

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

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

6. Where do they sleep the first night in the forest?

7. What does Jantu request that Dara do at the end of Chapter 16?

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

9. What does Dara find when she returns to Nong Chan?

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

(see the answer keys)

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