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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 rushes to the hammock after Nea utters a cry?
(a) Sarun.
(b) Mother and Grandpa Kem.
(c) Dara and Grandpa Kem.
(d) Dara.

2. What does Sarun now think is more important than planting rice?
(a) Going to get Jantu and her baby brother.
(b) Enlisting in Kung Silor's army.
(c) The flag-raising and marching before the Prince.
(d) Marrying Nea.

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

4. How does Sarun wake up Baby after his return to the campsite?
(a) He yells really loud.
(b) He shakes Baby.
(c) He yanks on the hammock rope.
(d) He gives the baby to Nea.

5. What does Duoic finally do for himself after he had tried to get someone else to do it for him?
(a) Get a book from under his bed.
(b) Get his water bottle.
(c) Arrange his pillows.
(d) Call a nurse.

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. Where is most of the fighting taking place?

3. How many years had passed in the Afterword since the time at the border?

4. What is the weather like on the day Dara and Nea start their journey to Khao I Dang?

5. How many children does Dara have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens at the end of the fourth day?

3. Who do they meet in the hospital when they find Jantu and her baby brother?

4. Describe the morning they leave for home.

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

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

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

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. How does Dara prove her courage in Chapter 17?

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

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