Ftkmy Quiz 1
This is a quiz for the memoir First They Killed My Father, pages 1-108.
- 1.Why doesn't Loung's mother ever compliment her?
- A.
Cambodia people don't outrigt compliment a child. It is believed evil spirts get jealous.
- B.
She doesn't like Loung as much as her other siblings
- C.
She is an angry
- D.
Mom's don't do that
- 2.What item of Loung's was burned?
- 3.What did Luong do that she was terribly ashamed of?
- A.
Stole a handful of rice from her own family
- B.
Lie to her parents
- C.
Steal from their family friends
- 4.What job does Loung's father arrange for Kim to have in order to get more food?
- A.
Work for the army
- B.
To work at the chief's house as an errand boy
- C.
Begging in the streets
- 5.What happened to the temples?
- A.
They were repainted and cleaned up
- B.
People were banished from entering because they were considered unholy
- C.
They were destroyed
- 6.What inference can you make in regards to what happened to the beautiful young girl, Davi?
- A.
She was given to a leader to marry
- B.
She was raped
- C.
She had to go work
- 7.What happens to Keav?
- A.
She got food poisioning and died
- B.
She escaped to a better village
- C.
She returned to her family regretful of her choices
- 8.What did Loung's mother give her to use as toilet paper?
- A.
Leaves
- B.
Money
- C.
Paper
- D.
Clothes
- 9.What was missing from Keav when her parents went to go see her and found her dead?
- A.
Her necklace
- B.
Her hair
- C.
A gold watch
- D.
A ring
- 10.Why does the author use italics for parts of the book?
- A.
To show it's an important event in the plot
- B.
To let the reader know it's a different character speaking
- C.
To show it's her inner imagination
- 11.Which one of the following do we know for sure about what happened to Pa?
- A.
He was shot in the leg
- B.
He was taken away by the soldiers
- C.
He was taken away to a work camp
- 12.What dead animals drifted by during the flood that they used for food?
- A.
Rabbits
- B.
Possum
- C.
Goat
- 13.What brother does Loung and her siblings fear?
- A.
Meng
- B.
Kim
- C.
Khouy
- 14.TKChoose the best set of words to describe the tone of the author's writing.
- A.
Sad, depressed, unforgiving
- B.
Sad, courageous, survivor
- C.
Uplifted, hopeful, kind
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