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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Pond gives Arn new clothes, Arn gives his old clothes to Mr. Pond. Mr. Pond then breaks down in tears. Why does he cry?
(a) Because the clothes are stiff with blood and dirt and the smell of death.
(b) Because the clothes are three sizes too small for Arn.
(c) Because the clothes are the black uniform Mr. Pond knows is worn by the Khmer Rouge.
(d) Because the clothes are full of holes.

2. The morning just before the Khmer Rouge drive through the village making announcements on their bullhorns, what sounds are noticeably absent?
(a) The sound of children laughing and the sound of vendors selling their wares.
(b) The sound of gunfire and the sound of explosions.
(c) The sound of monks chanting and the sound of the temple gong.
(d) The sound of birds chirping and the sound of the wind in the trees.

3. When Chantou gets mad that Arn is working as a vendor, what is NOT something she says he should be doing instead?
(a) Learning how to use a gun.
(b) Doing chores for the monks.
(c) Learning chants.
(d) Doing schoolwork.

4. When the high-ranking soldiers for whom the band played has taken their leave, what is NOT a rule put in place by the remaining Khmer Rouge soldiers?
(a) Now the band has to play at nighttime meetings so that all of the kids can learn the words to the songs.
(b) Now no one is allowed to speak to the soldiers for any reason.
(c) Now no one can hunt for their own food.
(d) Now no one is allowed to fall in love.

5. After Arn becomes a sort of personal assistant to the leader with the white shorts, what privilege is he granted?
(a) He gets to go in the leader's room to sleep on a soft feather pillow on the floor.
(b) He gets to ride the leader's white horse.
(c) He gets to run as fast as he wants, a practice normally forbidden so that escapes may be detected.
(d) He gets to sleep in late and eat a breakfast of rice cakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Arn's thought that maybe it would be okay if the Vietnamese never come to rescue him and the other captives?

2. What does the hospital look like where Arn arrives when he gets off the bus?

3. When the radio makes clear that the Vietnamese soldiers really are coming, chaos erupts and many children run away in the melee. Sombo asks Arn why he doesn't run away to find his family. Why does Arn not run away?

4. What happens the first time Arn plays volleyball?

5. 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?

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