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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. Why is the boy, Duoic, in the hospital?
(a) He stepped on a mine and is lost his legs.
(b) He has malaria.
(c) He has a deep wound in his side.
(d) His arm was shot off in the war.

2. What does Dara protest about to the cook on the second afternoon in Chapter 12?
(a) The cook was mistreating the workers.
(b) The cook was hoarding rice for himself.
(c) The cook wasn't feeding the monkey.
(d) The women were pounding special rice seed for planting.

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

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

5. What is Dara doing as she talks with Sarun about enlisting versus going home to plant rice?
(a) Crying.
(b) Silently praying to Lord Buddha.
(c) Shaping a clay marble.
(d) Shaking with emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the last member of the family to agree to go with the caravan before Sarun agreed to go?

2. What plea does Dara make to find her mother?

3. To whom does Dara give some of her rice?

4. Where does Mother live after they return home to Siem Reap?

5. What does Jantu first ask Dara to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 speech Dara and Jantu hear coming over the loudspeakers.

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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