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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Nea who welcomed Dara's family to the refugee camp?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eighteen or nineteen.
(c) seventeen.
(d) Sixteen.

2. What is in the middle of the clearing in the forest?
(a) The Khmer Serei General.
(b) A tall bamboo watch tower.
(c) The blue and white Khmer Serei flag.
(d) The Thai flag.

3. Where do Dara and Chnay sleep that first night in the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) In a shelter they shared with a refugee family.
(b) In an abandoned lean-to with torn thatching for a roof.
(c) Under a huge Tamarind tree.
(d) In a grove of guava trees.

4. What do Nea and Dara do after loading the carts?
(a) They give prayers of thanks to Lord Buddha.
(b) They rest for a day and massage each other.
(c) They dance around the Tamarind tree with joy.
(d) They have a celebration with stew over rice.

5. What disturbs the relative peace in the camp?
(a) Bombs, shelling and soldiers recruiting.
(b) An outbreak of a contagious disease.
(c) Sudden food shortage.
(d) Families fighting with one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dara's mother smell like when she holds Dara in her arms?

2. How many women were busy pounding rice?

3. What is Baby's real name?

4. What do Dara and Chnay see in a clearing in the forest?

5. Why is the boy, Duoic, in the hospital?

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