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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Arn and Munny go after the American movie to play a pretend game of war?
(a) The soccer field.
(b) The town square.
(c) The park.
(d) The mango grove.

2. Why do Arn and his siblings live with their aunt?
(a) Because their mother was overcome with grief after their father died and said she had to leave the family.
(b) Because their mother is dead.
(c) Because their aunt is rich and can take better care of a large family than their mother can.
(d) Because after their father's death, their mother had to go far away to find work.

3. How does Arn cope with his feelings when the Khmer Rouge kitchen girl sexually molests him?
(a) He vows never to enter the kitchen again.
(b) He cries.
(c) He disassociates by going somewhere else in his mind.
(d) He lashes out and hits the kitchen girl.

4. How does Arn describe the monks at the temple school?
(a) He says they are kind but that they make the children work all the time.
(b) He says they are mean and that they make the children work all the time.
(c) He says they are corrupt and secretly take bribes from government officials.
(d) He says they are hard to communicate with since they've taken a vow of silence.

5. What is Arn's first reaction when a girl sitting next to him at dinner suddenly dies?
(a) He pushes her to floor to save the other children from having to look at her.
(b) He takes her bowl of rice and keeps on eating.
(c) He runs away into the jungle to be by himself for a while.
(d) He screams for help and is punished for his cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Arn give for not eating the human liver that the Khmer Rouge soldier forces him to cook?

2. In order to add to his fame even more and thus add to his probability of survival, Arn adds what talent to his repertoire in addition to his playing of the khim?

3. After the children in the band have had no rice for many days, the Khmer Rouge tell them they are getting a special dinner of banana peels, rice husks, and rotten pieces of food. Arn knows that this is usually the food given to which kind of farm animal?

4. What details does the author include to let the reader know that the kitchen girl's sexual molestation of Arn happens without his consent?

5. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?

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