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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 Dara find when she reaches the stone pillar?
(a) A note from Mother.
(b) Broken clay dolls.
(c) A note from Sarun.
(d) A note from Nea.

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

3. When does Sarun ask his commanding officer for the pass?
(a) In two weeks.
(b) The next day, after the flag-raising.
(c) The next week.
(d) That same day.

4. How far away is the base camp where Dara wants to search for her family?
(a) About three miles.
(b) About two miles.
(c) About four miles.
(d) About five miles.

5. How is Khao I Dang different from Nong Chan?
(a) It's surrounded by a high wooden fence.
(b) There are many fruit trees.
(c) There's a huge lake in the middle of the camp.
(d) Everything is in perfect order.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Sarun goes to the flag-raising what does Jantu ask him to do?

2. How many women were busy pounding rice?

3. What does Dara protest about to the cook on the second afternoon in Chapter 12?

4. How many tries did Chnay make in order to perfect the wooden cowbell he carved for Dara?

5. Who is the leader of the Khmer Serei soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jantu request that Dara do at the end of Chapter 16?

2. What happens at the end of the fourth day?

3. Describe the Khao I Dang refugee camp.

4. Describe Dara's interaction with the little monkey chained in the kitchen.

5. Describe Jantu's cremation.

6. What tragic event happens in the forest after the sun has gone down when Dara, Nea, Jantu and Baby are returning to the base camp?

7. Describe the speech Dara and Jantu hear coming over the loudspeakers.

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

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

10. What do Dara and Chnay see when they get part way into the forest on their way to find Sarun and the family?

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