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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the folktale Jantu tells Dara about a coward who turns into a hero?
(a) "Khong the Brave".
(b) "Palm the Powerful".
(c) "Kling the Fearful".
(d) "Longlu the Coward".

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

3. What is Baby's real name?
(a) Palm.
(b) Sirung.
(c) Nebut.
(d) Ningnong.

4. When does Chnay show up for food on the first day Dara works in the kitchen?
(a) When the sun was just setting.
(b) In the evening when the crescent moon hung in the sky.
(c) When it is pitch-dark and the full moon has risen.
(d) At night when it had started to rain.

5. How long has it been since Dara saw Jantu and her baby brother in Chapter 13?
(a) Over a month.
(b) Over five days.
(c) Over two weeks.
(d) Over a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jantu's father killed?

2. What does the man who talks soothingly to the baby look like?

3. What does Dara's mother do before departing for the refugee camp?

4. What disturbs the relative peace in the camp?

5. Which members of Jantu's family had died during the long war years?

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