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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the last two hundred years whose colonialism had Cambodia survived?
(a) Japanese colonialism.
(b) Chinese colonialism.
(c) French colonialism.
(d) British colonialism.

2. Where do the villagers hide during the bombing?
(a) In their houses.
(b) In trenches dug by the farmers.
(c) In the temple.
(d) In the forest.

3. How did the author view the refugees?
(a) As poor, needy people.
(b) As victors determined to start their lives over.
(c) As suffering, hungry people.
(d) As victims of a ruthless regime.

4. Who was the head of the Khmer Rouge?
(a) Ho Chi Minh.
(b) Dnang Pot.
(c) Pol Pot.
(d) Chang Ho.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What river 80 miles upstream from Cambodia did the author stroll along?

2. What color were the Communist soldiers dressed in?

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

4. What did the ruler who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old look like?

5. From what direction was the sound that Dara and Sarun heard coming?

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