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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarun want to do in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Emigrate to the United States
(b) Join the army and fight for Cambodia.
(c) Gather supplies and go home to plant before the monsoons.
(d) Settle in Thailand.

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

3. In what year did the author travel to Thailand?
(a) The spring of 1981.
(b) The spring of 1980.
(c) The fall of 1978.
(d) The fall of 1979.

4. What does Jantu tell Dara after all her dolls and toys had been destroyed?
(a) "I'll never make a toy again."
(b) "Life is so hard."
(c) "Never mind, we can always start something new".
(d) "My heart is broken like the toys."

5. What did the Communist soldiers tell the villagers?
(a) That they were enemies of the Communists.
(b) That the American Imperialists were bombing them.
(c) That their villages would be burned by them.
(d) That they would die of starvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jantu comfort Dara at the end of Chapter 8?

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

3. How far is the camp headquarters from where Dara's family is living?

4. What color were the Communist soldiers dressed in?

5. What did the author of the book do when she arrived in Thailand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is hurt during the bombing of the trucks and what is done about it?

2. What does Sarun tell his family about Nong Chan?

3. What does Jantu make?

4. What are of the stories Jantu tells to Dara?

5. What happens to Dara when she runs for help for Baby?

6. How are mangoes important in Jantu's and Dara's lives?

7. What happened during the 1970s which led to open conflict in Cambodia?

8. Give a short account of the the wars Cambodia was involved in before the 1970s?

9. Give a short description of the happier days Dara remembered when she was two or three?

10. What were some of the things that happened to the Cambodian people under the Khmer Rouge?

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