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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. To whom does Dara give some of her rice?
(a) A little lost girl.
(b) A little lost boy.
(c) An old man.
(d) A monkey on a chain.

2. What character quality do Dara and Sarun discuss as they talk of Sarun's enlisting in the war?
(a) Toughness.
(b) Courage.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Gentleness.

3. Who goes to the flag-raising to see Sarun?
(a) Nea and Mother.
(b) Nea and Dara.
(c) Nea, Mother and Grandpa Kem.
(d) Nea, Mother, Dara and Chnay.

4. What had Dara wished she had been able to give Jantu?
(a) A book of folktales.
(b) A songbook.
(c) Something she had made.
(d) A figure of Lord Buddha.

5. What could Dara see behind the grove of jacaranda trees over the thatched roof of the kitchen.
(a) The blue-and-white Khmer Serei flag.
(b) Several sarongs drying on a line.
(c) A flock of birds.
(d) Monkeys swinging through the trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dara asks Chnay in what direction her family went, what does he answer?

2. Who tends to Jantu when she is brought back to the base camp wounded?

3. When does Chnay show up for food on the first day Dara works in the kitchen?

4. When does Sarun ask his commanding officer for the pass?

5. After Nea, Dara and the others have prepared the ox carts for the trip home; in how many days will the caravan to Siem Reap leave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. Describe the morning they leave for home.

8. What is the legacy of the magic marble and the clay toys Jantu taught Dara to make?

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

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

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