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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What happens to the first guard to make Sombo come to replace him?
(a) He falls asleep at his post one time and is never seen again.
(b) He goes on leave to get married.
(c) He runs away into the jungle.
(d) He eats too much rotten food and contracts a blood disease.

3. When the new music teacher is too overcome by his own sadness to teach the children, Arn teaches them himself, instructing them to hit the strings lightly, like the wings of what bird?
(a) A starling.
(b) A swallow.
(c) A robin.
(d) A hummingbird.

4. 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 Chantou.
(c) His little sister Sophea.
(d) His older sister Maly.

5. What does Arn do when the pretty woman with the long braid begs Arn to shoot her?
(a) He gives her some of his food.
(b) He shoots her.
(c) He tells her everything will be alright.
(d) He drags her into a hut to hide from the other soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What new job does the child leader give the Little Fish so that they can prove their loyalty to Angka?

4. When he is mistaken for a member of the Khmer Rouge by one of their leaders, what is Arn's reaction?

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

(see the answer key)

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