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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dara arrives at the Tamarind tree how many people are already lying under it?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

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

3. Where does Jantu like to play?
(a) Near the stone pillar.
(b) Under the huge tamarind tree.
(c) In the shelter.
(d) By the ox cart.

4. How old are most of the children lined up at the food truck?
(a) Five or six.
(b) Ten or eleven.
(c) Six or seven.
(d) Eight or nine.

5. What is the something special that Sarun told Nea he had brought back?
(a) Vegetables for a stew for the evening meal.
(b) Rice seed specially treated against insects and mildew.
(c) A new sarong for her.
(d) A bag of fruit.

6. From what direction was the sound that Dara and Sarun heard coming?
(a) The south.
(b) The east.
(c) The north.
(d) The west.

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

8. How many men jump out of the ambulance when it arrives?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

10. Why do the Communists kill Dara's father?
(a) He was sick.
(b) He knew how to read and write and taught the children.
(c) To put fear into the villagers.
(d) He taunted the Communists.

11. A dirt road linked the refugee camp with what Thai town?
(a) Arandnang.
(b) Aranyaprathet.
(c) Laochan.
(d) Khao Dang.

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

13. What does Jantu make out of banana leaves?
(a) Two small boats.
(b) A bracelet for Dara and one for herself.
(c) A plump goldfish or angular frogs.
(d) Tiny hammocks for her clay village.

14. What does Jantu whittle out of a knobby branch?
(a) A tamarind tree.
(b) A cane for Mother.
(c) A mango tree.
(d) A whirling top.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jantu do when she wants absolute silence?

2. The author of the book took a leave of absence from what university in order to travel to Thailand?

3. What is Grandpa Kem's team told to do after they register at the camp headquarters?

4. Who is Chnay?

5. What happened when Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia?

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