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

2. How many women were busy pounding rice?
(a) Eight women working in pairs.
(b) Six women working in pairs.
(c) Four women working in pairs.
(d) Ten women working in pairs.

3. Where had Nea and Dara parked the oxcarts?
(a) Next to the parade ground.
(b) In the forest near the base camp.
(c) In a banana grove.
(d) By a large tamarind tree.

4. What do Dara and Chnay see in a clearing in the forest?
(a) A herd of deer.
(b) Young women and men dancing.
(c) Soldiers marching and singing.
(d) Refugee families around campfires.

5. What is the leader of the base camp wearing around his neck?
(a) A huge tiger's tooth.
(b) A huge bear's tooth.
(c) A silver figure of Buddha.
(d) A bronze Khmer Serei emblem.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Khao I Dang different from Nong Chan?

3. When Nea and Dara ask Sarun to get the pass to Khao I Dang from his commanding officer what does he say?

4. How far away is the base camp where Dara wants to search for her family?

5. What does Dara's mother smell like when she holds Dara in her arms?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Jantu's cremation.

8. 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?

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

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

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