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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author of the book do when she arrived in Thailand?

2. What does the food truck stop next to?

3. What is the name of the folktale Jantu tells Dara about a coward who turns into a hero?

4. How old are most of the children lined up at the food truck?

5. What does the man in the folktale brag he killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jantu make?

2. What does Sarun proudly show Nea when he returns from the distribution center?

3. Who marched into Dara's village shortly after she turned twelve and what did they do?

4. Who is hurt during the bombing of the trucks and what is done about it?

5. What were some of the things that happened to the Cambodian people under the Khmer Rouge?

6. What is the lunch truck?

7. Give a short account of the the wars Cambodia was involved in before the 1970s?

8. What two important events happened in Southeast Asia in 1975?

9. What do Sarun and his family do after their first breakfast in the camp?

10. Why does Dara's family decide to travel to the refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Describe the significance of mango trees to Jantu's and Dara's fathers?

2. Why did the Khmer Serei resistance at the border have to recruit more men and how did that affect Dara's family?

3. What did Jantu mean when she told Dara "Things that can break are not worth taking" when they were fleeing the bombs?

4. Choose two of the above topics and write on them.

Essay Topic 2

1. Describe the person in Nong Chan who first talked to Dara's family . What was she doing? What did she say? What did she look like and how old was she?

2. How did the girl handle the awkward situation of Dara's mother being to proud to accept the rice she offered? What was the outcome?

3. What did Nea suggest that she and Dara do while the rice was cooking? Where did they go? What did they see there?

4. Write on two of the three topics.

Essay Topic 3

1. Describe the first night at Nong Chan. What made Dara feel she had come home?

2. Describe Jantu and Dara's and her encounter at the well. What did they talk about?

3. Describe Jantu's baby brother. What did they call him and what was his real name?

4. Write on two of the three topics.

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