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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Arn has fallen so ill that he's afraid he will die, an American man comes to the hospital. What does Arn do in order to get the man's attention?
(a) He screams as loud as he can as the man passes by Arn's bed.
(b) He casts a pleading look at the man as he passes by Arn's bed.
(c) He throws his breakfast across the room.
(d) He intentionally falls off his bed into the man's pathway.

2. Arn hallucinates, seeing a rabbit as large as he is and this illusion seems to lead the way to Thailand. What color is the rabbit he hallucinates?
(a) White.
(b) Orange.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

3. When Arn finds Sophea lying motionless, he considers killing her to save her from rape, from murder at another's hands, or from being eaten by wild animals. He doesn't, instead choosing to take what action?
(a) Hide her the best he can.
(b) Help her into a tree so the animals cannot get her.
(c) Keep walking.
(d) Tell Koong to watch over her until she dies and to join up with the group again later.

4. When Arn, Kha, and Siv are allowed to go in the pond to wash, they try to sink to the bottom, partly in order to escape the world above the water. Why can they not sink very far down for very long?
(a) Because the soldiers won't let them.
(b) Because there are poisonous snakes that lurk at the bottom of the pond.
(c) Because their stomachs are empty.
(d) Because they might get disoriented and drown.

5. 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) Sig.
(b) Phat.
(c) Munny.
(d) Phon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Arn start to suspect that Koong is Sombo's new favorite boy?

2. 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?

3. When his sister kisses Arn's ear, what is NOT something he says the sensation feels like?

4. Besides the fact that Arn was a child soldier and Sojeat and Ravi were not, what other main difference is there between his background and theirs?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once Arn wakes up from being nursed back to health by the three girls in Thailand, how does the motif of sound come into play?

2. What new privileges does Arn receive while acting as the leader's assistant of sorts and what feelings do these new privileges inspire in him?

3. What words does the dying lady in the village spit at Arn and why do her words hurt him so much?

4. What is the author's purpose for including Arn's comment that "now even the earth is our enemy"? (126)

5. When the leader allows Arn to ride his white horse to a neighboring camp to deliver a letter, why does Arn not run away?

6. Describe the parting of Arn and Mek. What is its significance within the course of the narrative?

7. When Arn determines that he has been away from his home village for two and a half years, how does he reach this conclusion?

8. Why do Arn, Siv, and Kha kick dirt over their excrement after they eat the sweet potato Arn brings back from the leader's house?

9. Why does Arn begin to shake after he boards the bus with the other refugees?

10. For what reasons does Arn choose Sojeat and Ravi as his two favorites when Mr. Pond asks him for two names?

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