The Clay Marble: And Related Readings Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Minfong Ho
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The Clay Marble: And Related Readings Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the food truck stop next to?
(a) A signpost with a big red "3" written on it.
(b) A signpost with a big blue "2" written on it.
(c) A signpost with a big blue "3" written on it.
(d) A signpost with a big red "2" written on it.

2. In what country had the author of the book grown up?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) China.
(c) Thailand.
(d) The US.

3. What did the ruler who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old look like?
(a) Large with a mean face.
(b) Round-faced and smiling.
(c) Sad and little.
(d) Thin and dark.

4. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers tell them over and over?
(a) Cambodia was a family, the Communist party the parent.
(b) They loved Cambodians.
(c) Prosperous times were coming.
(d) Cambodians were inferior people.

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

6. What does Dara lose as they flee from the bombing?
(a) Her apron.
(b) Her kerchief.
(c) Her sandals.
(d) Her bracelet.

7. How far is the camp headquarters from where Dara's family is living?
(a) Two miles.
(b) One and a half miles.
(c) Three miles.
(d) Three and a half miles.

8. What does the man who talks soothingly to the baby look like?
(a) He's a white foreigner with a bushy red beard.
(b) He's a small, thin Cambodian medic.
(c) He's a white foreigner with a black beard.
(d) He's a Thai Red Cross worker.

9. What happens when Dara and Jantu investigate a food truck they see along the way?
(a) They find some fruit in a pot.
(b) They find some hot stew made of yellow squash over rice.
(c) They encounter some mean soldiers.
(d) Bombs drop, destroying the truck and hurting Baby.

10. What is the name of the refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border?
(a) Nong Chan.
(b) Ning Chang.
(c) Lul Chan.
(d) Siem Chan.

11. What makes Dara happy when she thinks of her father?
(a) He'd take her in his lap and cover her ears during a storm.
(b) He would tell her stories at bedtime.
(c) He would dance with her.
(d) He would sing to her at night.

12. What does Jantu look like?
(a) Heavy and jolly.
(b) Average weight and medium height.
(c) Tall and thin.
(d) Short and thin.

13. What does Sarun return with from the second mass distribution?
(a) More rice seed.
(b) Varous fruits.
(c) Hoe heads and fishnets.
(d) Vegetables for stew.

14. 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.

15. How many Cambodian men, women and children were killed under the Khmer Rouge dictatorship?
(a) More than 80 thousand.
(b) More than a million and a half.
(c) More than one million.
(d) More than 70 thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Baby's real name?

2. About how many people were estimated to be at camp Nong Chan?

3. In what year did the author travel to Thailand?

4. What is the name of the dance the young men and women would dance at harvest time back in Dara's village?

5. What is the name of Dara's village?

(see the answer keys)

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