Never Fall Down Test | Final Test - Easy

Patricia McCormick
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 252 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Never Fall Down Test | Final Test - Easy

Patricia McCormick
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Vietnamese soldiers kill everyone in the village by drawing them out with offers of free rice, why does Arn look at each dead person's face as he walks through the village?
(a) He wants to count how many males they killed versus how many males they killed.
(b) He doesn't know why he wants to look at their faces, but he does.
(c) He is looking for any member of his family.
(d) He wants to see what expressions they had on their faces when they died.

2. Thinking he hears gunfire one night at the hospital, Arn awakes with a start and reaches for his gun. What is actually making the sound that he mistakes for gunfire?
(a) Kids whispering across the room.
(b) Starlings in the tree.
(c) Chickens in the yard.
(d) Rain on the roof.

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) 7 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3 days.

4. The second time Arn joins the volleyball game, he plays skillfully and everyone claps. Why does he do so well at the game this time around?
(a) Because he has been practicing all day every day and has even been sneaking out at night to practice.
(b) Because he has asked Sojeat and Ravi ahead of time to set up some good plays for him to build from.
(c) Because he has replaced the regular volleyball with a rubber ball that is easier to maneuver.
(d) Because he has conditioned himself to control his fear of flying objects.

5. When Arn has a touching moment with the baby monkey but then snaps its neck and wonders why he has done this terrible thing, what conclusion does he come to?
(a) He realizes that he did it because he was hugging the monkey so hard that he didn't realize he was throttling it.
(b) He realizes that he did it because he hasn't killed anyone in a long time and has a thirst for killing.
(c) He realizes that he did it because he has to think about surviving every minute of every day.
(d) He realizes that he did it because he saw the monkey having a good time with its family and he was jealous.

6. One time when Sombo's group passes another platoon in the woods, he recognizes that platoon's rice girl. Who is it?
(a) His older sister Jorami.
(b) His older sister Maly.
(c) His older sister Chantou.
(d) His little sister Sophea.

7. Arn hears a voice coming through a bullhorn, telling the refugees that it's okay to come out and he waits for what he thinks is a trick to end in gunfire and moaning. Instead, he hears a different sound. What is it?
(a) A rock 'n roll song by Elvis Presley.
(b) A little girl laughing.
(c) A bird chirping.
(d) A Cambodian love song.

8. Once Sombo's group dwindles to a number of only seven kids, plus Sombo and Koong, they become so tired that they drop most of what they have been carrying. What are the two things they continue to carry?
(a) Extra socks and underwear.
(b) Cooking pots and kindling.
(c) Water and food.
(d) Guns and bullets.

9. When he is mistaken for a member of the Khmer Rouge by one of their leaders, what is Arn's reaction?
(a) He considers running away from camp.
(b) He vows to get even with this leader someday.
(c) He sits down on the grass and cries.
(d) He yells at the leader, telling him that he is a captive.

10. 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?
(a) He is afraid that the Khmer Rouge will recognize him due to his fame and shoot him for the traitor they will consider him to be.
(b) He realizes that he has no idea why he does not run away; the thought has just never occurred to him.
(c) He is afraid the soldiers in the next camp will kill his little sister Sophea if he runs away.
(d) He now feels so far removed from his biological family that his friends seem much more important to stay close to in this world.

11. Why does Arn save most of the candy Mr. Pond gives him in order to give it to Sojeat and Ravi?
(a) He has learned how to give people things in hopes they will return favors later.
(b) He wants Mr. Pond to know that he is not selfish.
(c) He is made sick by the richness of the candy but doesn't want it to go to waste.
(d) He wants to be able to talk to someone else about how good the candy is.

12. Sombo brings his new group to join with another camp composed mainly of true Khmer Rouge kids, not soldiers like Arn who have been held captive and then forced into battle by the Khmer Rouge. What is the main child leader's name within this other group?
(a) Phon.
(b) Sig.
(c) Phat.
(d) Munny.

13. How does Arn describe the Cambodian villages they come upon that are still left standing?
(a) Starting to show signs of life again, with people returning to their normal lives.
(b) Ashy ruins where villages used to be.
(c) Empty of people, all covered in vines and weeds.
(d) Uninhabitable due to the radiation left by the Vietnamese weaponry.

14. Just before the radio's batteries die, what do they hear the voice of Angka saying in the news report?
(a) That victory is near and that the Cambodian army will soon conquer Vietnam.
(b) That Vietnamese soldiers are no longer to be shot at since they have joined forces with the Khmer Rouge.
(c) That children are no longer allowed to act as soldiers for the cause.
(d) That all Khmer Rouge soldiers are ordered to flee to Thailand if they can.

15. What instructions does Arn's sister give him when he is able to sneak out to see her in the night?
(a) She tells him to ask Sombo if she can join their group as their new rice girl.
(b) She tells him not to be too brave and to hide from the bullets so she can see him again.
(c) She tells him to listen to Sombo and to practice the art of war continually so that he may stay alive.
(d) She tells him to run away and to meet her at the mountain camp where two of their other sisters are living.

Short Answer Questions

1. The group of child soldiers led by Sombo and referred to as Little Fish with the Big Sting is comprised of how many children?

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

3. For the first few days in the hospital, Arn is given a certain food to keep him alive. What is that food?

4. After Arn becomes a sort of personal assistant to the leader with the white shorts, what privilege is he granted?

5. Mr. Pond's question to Arn about which two boys are his favorite elicits a response naming Sojeat and Ravi, even though Arn admits to the reader that his actual favorite boy is Runty. Why does he not list Runty among the names he tells Mr. Pond?

(see the answer keys)

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