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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country is Arn's hometown?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) India.
(d) Thailand.

2. What is the event that first causes Arn to think maybe the Khmer Rouge have evil intentions?
(a) Hi sister tells him that all of the girls in the village are being rounded up by the soldiers in order to force the girls to cut their hair short.
(b) A soldier sees Arn selling his wares on the street and tips over his cart for no apparent reason.
(c) He sees a soldier speaking roughly to a monk at his temple school.
(d) He sees a soldier kill a boy when the boy refuses his request for a motorcycle ride.

3. What sport do the rich kids play in the yard of their school in the first part of the book?
(a) Volleyball.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Lacrosse.

4. What reason does Arn give for it being a dangerous act for him to think about his sister or any of his other family members?
(a) Because it makes him angry at them for letting this happen.
(b) Because the Khmer Rouge can see inside his head.
(c) Because getting his hopes up for a reunion with his family is a waste of time.
(d) Because Mek is jealous of Arn's feelings about his family.

5. The boy who runs away from camp and escapes amidst a flurry of gunfire by the Khmer Rouge is a former boyfriend of which of Arn's siblings?
(a) Jorami.
(b) Munny.
(c) Sophea.
(d) Mali.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arn eventually discovers the real reason that the band is asked to play at several specific times each day. What is the reason?

2. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?

3. What is Arn's first reaction when a girl sitting next to him at dinner suddenly dies?

4. What happens to the first guard to make Sombo come to replace him?

5. How does Arn find out unequivocally that the government soldiers who answered the Khmer Rouge's call to go to the airport were subsequently murdered?

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