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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon realizing that Arn is teasing him by putting a stone on his chest instead of the customary lump of sugar, Mek tells Arn that he has a treat for him. What is the treat?
(a) He gives Arn a piece of cornbread.
(b) He hums an old Cambodian love song to Arn that is now illegal.
(c) He tells Arn a story about how his children used to tease him, too.
(d) He shows Arn a firefly he has trapped in a bottle.

2. 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 the Khmer Rouge can see inside his head.
(b) Because Mek is jealous of Arn's feelings about his family.
(c) Because it makes him angry at them for letting this happen.
(d) Because getting his hopes up for a reunion with his family is a waste of time.

3. The leader with the white shorts orders Arn to come entertain his guests at a party he is throwing at his house. For how many days does the party last?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 7 days.
(d) 2 days.

4. Why does Arn at first hesitate to volunteer when a high-ranking Khmer Rouge soldier asks who wants to play music in a band within the camp?
(a) He has never played an instrument and is scared that he will not be good at playing music.
(b) He thinks that the other children in the band will not take the task seriously and that therefore they will all be punished or even killed.
(c) He is afraid that the question is a trick to suss out children who may have taken music lessons and should therefore be killed for their elitist status.
(d) He is told that the band will play for the glory of Angka, which goes against his religious beliefs.

5. 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 no one is allowed to speak to the soldiers for any reason.
(b) Now no one can hunt for their own food.
(c) Now the band has to play at nighttime meetings so that all of the kids can learn the words to the songs.
(d) Now no one is allowed to fall in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country is Arn's hometown?

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

3. What does Arn do with the food the kitchen girl gives him after she is done using him for her pleasure?

4. What product does Arn skip school to sell, much to the chagrin of his older sister?

5. When he is allowed a special privilege by the leader, what does he find himself doing for the first time in three years?

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