Characters
Which person from the foster family returned to the village first to clear the dead bodies?
The father
What time of day was it when the rockets first hit the foster family’s hut?
Midnight
Who was defending the warehouse during the attack?
The Youns
Where is Loung during the initial attack?
Inside the hut of the second foster family.
Who is the person that Kim returned with?
Meng
Why did Loung turn back into the destroyed warehouse?
To recover the backpack Kim left.
Who was killed next to Loung in the bombing of the warehouse?
Pithy
Where is Loung at the end of the chapter?
Pursat City
Who does Meng report he is living with?
Khouy, Khouy's wife, and two other women friends.
What did Loung, Chou, and Kim encounter while they were hiding behind the stone wall?
They disturbed a hornet's nest.
Who lashed out at Loung after she asked them about their mother?
Pithy's brother
Bat Deng
What happened to the foster family during the bombings?
They survived the bombings and met up with Loung.
How did Laine leave Khouy?
She escapes the camp during the Youn invasion, Khouy believes she left to try and find her family
“He always reminds me of a tiger-strong, fast, agile, and mean when he bares his teeth” (Ung 295). Who is Loung talking about here?
Khouy
Where did the Khmer Rouge soldiers throw a grenade into?
A dugout bomb shelter
Why did Loung go back for the backpack? Why not Kim instead? (Answer both questions)
All of their belongings, as well as their connections to Ma and Pa are in there.
Loung goes back as she wants Kim to be there to take care of Chou.
“Each night, he drags himself back to give us the news, but my heart always sinks before he has had a chance to say anything“ (Ung 293). What is the context behind this?
Loung worries that every time Kim goes to the new arrival section of the Youn camp, Khouy and Meng won’t be there
Who did Loung hear announce that they were planning to go to Bat Deng?
Meng
Where did the Youns invade when Khouy and Meng were at the labor camp? (End of December)
Kampuchea