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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. What does Dara see when she wakes up the morning they are to leave for Siem Reap?
(a) Her family already eating breakfast.
(b) The oxen pawing the earth eager to go.
(c) A full moon and a bright morning star.
(d) Nea rocking Baby.

2. When Dara asks Chnay who broke the clay dolls what does he say?
(a) That several Thai soldiers broke them/
(b) That Sarun did it accidentally.
(c) That he broke them out of spite.
(d) That one of the refugees broke them.

3. The words spoken over the loudspeaker during the demonstration are likened to what?
(a) Words of a hypnotist to his patient.
(b) Cheers during a sports game.
(c) Bullets flying through the air.
(d) Paper streamers fluttering in the air.

4. What does Jantu compare war to?
(a) A joke.
(b) A mystery.
(c) Slaughter.
(d) A soccer game.

5. Where do Chnay and Dara pause after going down a path veering off from the square farther into the camp?
(a) At a tamarind tree when they stop to rest.
(b) At a narrow wooden bridge spanning a deep trench.
(c) At a stream where they bathed their feet.
(d) At a large wooden shelter that smelled of food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sarun's reaction when Dara and Nea show him the the oxcarts fully packed and ready to go?

2. What are the sexes of Nea's and Sarun's children?

3. What does Dara want to teach her daughter?

4. What does Jantu ask Dara to sing to her and her baby brother?

5. Why does Dara call to Mother and Nea in alarm in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Jantu's cremation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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