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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 does Sarun announce to his family after the military demonstration and speech?

2. What do Chnay and Dara do on the first day in the Khmer Serei military camp?

3. What is in the middle of the clearing in the forest?

4. What plea does Dara make to find her mother?

5. To whom does Dara give some of her rice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chnay tell Dara when she accuses him of breaking the clay dolls?

2. What do Dara and Nea do after they finish loading the ox carts for the trip home?

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

4. 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?

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

6. Describe the Khao I Dang refugee camp.

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

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

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

10. Describe Dara's interaction with the little monkey chained in the kitchen.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What was the lunch truck?

2. Describe the various things Sarun, Mother, Nea and Dara did to build a shelter.

3. Describe what Dara saw when she went with Grandpa Kem and Sarun to get the rice.

4. Choose two of the above topics to write about.

Essay Topic 2

1. Describe what happened when the girls heard shots ring out. What did Jantu do?

2. Describe Jantu's wound.

3. How did Mother tend to Jantu when they brought her back to the base camp?

4. Choose two of the topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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