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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times a day are the bombs dropped on the village?
(a) Once a day.
(b) About twice a day.
(c) As otten as three or four times a day.
(d) As often as five or six times a day.

2. What marked the beginning of Cambodia's rich history?
(a) The festival of the rice harvest.
(b) The festival of the lights.
(c) .The building of the first Cambodian pagoda.
(d) The building of the Buddhist temple complex of Angkor.

3. How many years did Cambodia's history date back to in the Preface?
(a) Over 700 years.
(b) Over two thousand years.
(c) Over one thousand years.
(d) Over three thousand years.

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

5. What is the name of the lake by Dara's old village?
(a) Thinlong lake.
(b) Waeprae lake.
(c) Tonle Sap lake.
(d) Tonse Hon lake.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many Cambodian men, women and children were killed under the Khmer Rouge dictatorship?

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

4. In what country had the author of the book grown up?

5. What was Dara's village like when she was two- or three-years-old?

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