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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 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.

2. What does Sarun announce to his family after the military demonstration and speech?
(a) That he wants to marry Nea immediately.
(b) That he is going to enlist.
(c) That he now wants to go home to Cambodia.
(d) That he hates war.

3. Who is the last member of the family to agree to go with the caravan before Sarun agreed to go?
(a) Nea.
(b) Grandpa Kem.
(c) Dara.
(d) Mother.

4. What does Dara protest about to the cook on the second afternoon in Chapter 12?
(a) The women were pounding special rice seed for planting.
(b) The cook was mistreating the workers.
(c) The cook wasn't feeding the monkey.
(d) The cook was hoarding rice for himself.

5. What is in the middle of the clearing in the forest?
(a) The blue and white Khmer Serei flag.
(b) The Thai flag.
(c) The Khmer Serei General.
(d) A tall bamboo watch tower.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nea say as she sobs after seeing Jantu is dead?

3. What could Dara see behind the grove of jacaranda trees over the thatched roof of the kitchen.

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

5. What does Dara see in the fading sunlight on her way back to the campsite?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jantu's cremation.

2. What does Dara find when she returns to Nong Chan?

3. When does Chnay finally show up the first day Dara works in the kitchen , what does Dara give him and what does he say?

4. Why did Sarun and his family leave the campsite at Nong Chan?

5. Where does the cook take Dara on the second afternoon and what does she have to do?

6. What does Dara do in Chapter 13 to prepare for the trip home to Siem Reap?

7. Who do they meet in the hospital when they find Jantu and her baby brother?

8. What does Chnay tell Dara when she accuses him of breaking the clay dolls?

9. What happens to Dara and Sarun when they return to Siem Reap?

10. What is the legacy of the magic marble and the clay toys Jantu taught Dara to make?

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