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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What warning does Sarun give to the girls about their trip to get Jantu and Baby?
(a) To be sure to pray to Lord Buddha for a safe trip.
(b) To be careful not to catch a disease at the hospital.
(c) To be careful not to lose their pass.
(d) To return before nightfall.

2. How many soldiers marched up to the flag pole and fired their guns?
(a) Ten.
(b) A dozen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Eleven.

3. Who goes to the flag-raising to see Sarun?
(a) Nea, Mother and Grandpa Kem.
(b) Nea, Mother, Dara and Chnay.
(c) Nea and Dara.
(d) Nea and Mother.

4. Why isn't Dara's family at the campsite when Dara arrives there?
(a) They went to the soldiers' base camp to be safe.
(b) They were killed in a bombing.
(c) They went to look for Dara, Jantu and Baby.
(d) They went home to Cambodia.

5. To whom does Dara give some of her rice?
(a) A little lost boy.
(b) A monkey on a chain.
(c) An old man.
(d) A little lost girl.

6. In what kind of tree was the skylark perched when Dara heard it sing?
(a) Jacaranda.
(b) Tamarind.
(c) Guava.
(d) Sandalwood.

7. When do Dara and Nea ask Sarun to get them a pass to find Jantu and Baby?
(a) They wake him in the night.
(b) During his military drills.
(c) Before he leaves for his military drills the next morning.
(d) At night in front of the camp fire.

8. After Nea, Dara and the others have prepared the ox carts for the trip home; in how many days will the caravan to Siem Reap leave?
(a) Eight days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Six days.

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

10. What does the family talk about first when they are reunited and sit around the campfire?
(a) Sarun's transformation into a soldier.
(b) Going home to their village.
(c) The magic marble.
(d) The coming monsoons.

11. How old is Duoic?
(a) Ten or eleven.
(b) Fifteen or sixteen.
(c) Eight or nine.
(d) Thirteen or fourteen.

12. What is Dara doing as she talks with Sarun about enlisting versus going home to plant rice?
(a) Crying.
(b) Shaking with emotion.
(c) Shaping a clay marble.
(d) Silently praying to Lord Buddha.

13. What plea does Dara make to find her mother?
(a) She asks the magic marble for help her find her mother.
(b) She pleas with refugees she meets to help find her mother.
(c) She asks Lord Buddha's help to find her mother.
(d) She please with soldiers she meets to help find her mother.

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

15. What kind of moon is rising as Dara tries to find her way back to her family?
(a) A quarter moon.
(b) A crescent moon.
(c) A full moon.
(d) A half moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it when they finally arrive at the Khao I Dang refugee camp?

2. What does Jantu ask Dara to sing to her and her baby brother?

3. Why is the boy, Duoic, in the hospital?

4. What does Jantu compare war to?

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

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