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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dara have to do on the afternoon of the second day?
(a) Winnow rice.
(b) Cook beans.
(c) Cook rice.
(d) Chop vegetables.

2. What does Dara's mother do before departing for the refugee camp?
(a) She packs the family's clothes.
(b) She packs provisions of rice.
(c) She gathers her family around her, telling them she loved them.
(d) She digs up her silver Buddha figure.

3. Where does Dara hear reports of a peace plan?
(a) From Sarun.
(b) In the newspaper.
(c) From a neighboring village.
(d) Over the radio.

4. How many women were busy pounding rice?
(a) Ten women working in pairs.
(b) Four women working in pairs.
(c) Eight women working in pairs.
(d) Six women working in pairs.

5. What character quality do Dara and Sarun discuss as they talk of Sarun's enlisting in the war?
(a) Gentleness.
(b) Toughness.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Courage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Dara saw Jantu and her baby brother in Chapter 13?

2. What does Dara find when she reaches the stone pillar?

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

4. Where does Mother live after they return home to Siem Reap?

5. What delicious food does Dara smell in the camp?

(see the answer key)

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