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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Khmer Rouge tell the band that they are going on a trip and everyone is expecting to be killed. Instead, what happens?
(a) They are permitted to go the Thailand border to see if they can find their family members.
(b) They are put into the back of a truck and driven around for hours in order to disorient them.
(c) They embark on a tour of the agricultural fields in order to entertain the workers.
(d) They go to a nearby village and are ordered to kill everyone living there.

2. Using the method of time measurement that Arn and the other captives must use, eight harvests means he's been held captive for how long?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 1/2 years.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

3. What happens to cause Arn to say that now "even the earth is our enemy" (126)?
(a) Vietnamese soldiers leap out of a ditch to attack their group.
(b) Their rice girl steps on a land mine and loses her leg.
(c) When they bury their dead, the earth expels their bloated bodies.
(d) The vegetables they plant won't grow.

4. Mek and Arn differ in their assessment of what their parting means. What are their two separate feelings about their separation?
(a) Mek feels the need to put on a brave face and pretend he is joyous despite their parting, while Arn cannot hide his grief and weeps.
(b) Arn feels certain they will see each other again, while Mek feels certain they will not.
(c) Mek feels certain they will see each other again, while Arn feels certain they will not.
(d) Arn feels the need to put on a brave face and pretend he is joyous despite their parting, while Mek cannot hide his grief and weeps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One time when Sombo's group passes another platoon in the woods, he recognizes that platoon's rice girl. Who is it?

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. 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?

4. Why does Sombo leave Arn and the other boys to fend for themselves?

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?

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