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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 color were the Vietnamese uniforms?

2. How far is the camp headquarters from where Dara's family is living?

3. With whom does Jantu compare the leaders of Cambodia in her teaching story?

4. What color were the Communist soldiers dressed in?

5. How did the author serve the refugees in Thailand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jantu make?

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

3. What does Jantu do when Dara tells her she cannot find her way back to the camp?

4. What injury does Baby have and what is done about it?

5. What are the basic rations refugee families receive and what do they do when they first arrive at camp?

6. Describe the first person to welcome Dara's family to Nong Chan.

7. What does Jantu make for Dara that makes her feel better after Chnay destroys a pair of dolls Jantu made?

8. What is the lunch truck?

9. What team does Sarun join and why?

10. What happened during the 1970s which led to open conflict in Cambodia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What did Dara's mother do before traveling to the refugee camp? Why?

2. Why did Sarun's helping a man get his cart out of a deep rut it had slipped into mark a change in Dara's family's attitude? What did Sarun learn from the farmer who drove the cart?

3. What did Dara and her family encounter when they entered Nong Chan?

4. Write on two of the three topics.

Essay Topic 2

1. What were some of the health problems the children at the hospital suffered from?

2. In which ward did Nea and Dara find Jantu and Baby? Describe the ward.

3. Who was Duoic and what was his story?

4. Choose two of the topics to write on.

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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