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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. Who gives Dara a handful of rice the next morning in Chapter 9?
(a) A kind old man.
(b) A teenaged girl.
(c) A friendly woman.
(d) A little boy.

2. What is the leader of the base camp wearing around his neck?
(a) A silver figure of Buddha.
(b) A bronze Khmer Serei emblem.
(c) A huge tiger's tooth.
(d) A huge bear's tooth.

3. What does Grandpa Kem do when left behind with Jantu, Baby and Dara?
(a) He prepares a rice meal for Jantu and Dara.
(b) He helps Dara put cool cloths on Jantu's wound.
(c) He tells the girls an old folktale to make them feel better.
(d) He gathers straw for the oxen.

4. What are the girls taking turns doing when they are walking in the forest toward the base camp?
(a) Feeding Baby.
(b) Holding Baby.
(c) Singing to Baby.
(d) Rubbing each other's backs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Chnay and Dara do on the first day in the Khmer Serei military camp?

2. What kind of personality does the cook have?

3. What tragic event happens in the forest on the way back to the base camp?

4. What does Dara's mother smell like when she holds Dara in her arms?

5. What does the cook call Dara on the next day in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Khao I Dang refugee camp.

3. In Chapter 18 what does Nea reveal to Dara about the marbles?

4. What does Chnay give Dara and why won't he come with them?

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

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

7. Describe Jantu's cremation.

8. Describe the chores Dara is ordered to do by the bad-tempered cook in the kitchen the first day?

9. When Nea asks Sarun if he can come with them to find Jantu and her baby brother what does he answer?

10. Describe the morning they leave for home.

(see the answer keys)

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