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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of trees are on the trail in Chapter 1?
(a) Banana and Guava trees.
(b) Wild tamarind and rain trees.
(c) Bamboo and palm trees.
(d) Mango and teak trees.

2. What was Dara's village like when she was two- or three-years-old?
(a) Peaceful and prosperous.
(b) Almost empty.
(c) Poor and needy.
(d) Ravaged and bombed.

3. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers tell them over and over?
(a) Cambodians were inferior people.
(b) They loved Cambodians.
(c) Cambodia was a family, the Communist party the parent.
(d) Prosperous times were coming.

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

5. When Dara arrives at the Tamarind tree how many people are already lying under it?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Dara happy when she thinks of her father?

2. What does Jantu make out of banana leaves?

3. What group inside Cambodia is mobilizing its forces for one last attack as part of their dry season offensive?

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

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

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