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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?
(a) Arn realizes that though he can play and teach all of the instruments to the other children, he wants a father figure to be their leader.
(b) Arn knows that the new music teacher is a friend of his mother's and so he wants to preserve the teacher's life.
(c) Arn has taken a genuine interest in the musical arts and wants to do anything he can to fuel his new passion.
(d) A Khmer Rouge guard asks Arn how the band is progressing and whether the new music teacher has a good or a bad character.

2. When Arn becomes delirious with hunger, he sees the monkey family and then his own family and they chant words to him over and over. What are those words he hears them chant?
(a) "Come for us soon."
(b) "See you again."
(c) "Peace be with you."
(d) "Why didn't you save us."

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) When they bury their dead, the earth expels their bloated bodies.
(c) Their rice girl steps on a land mine and loses her leg.
(d) The vegetables they plant won't grow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As soon as Arn realizes he can see Thailand on the other side of the river, something about it frightens him and makes him want to stop and not go on. What is it about Thailand that frightens him?

2. After the tragedy, Arn goes to see the Khmer Rouge soldier boy who has told Arn and the other Little Fish that they are not real soldiers. What does he do before he goes to see this boy?

3. When the Little Fish receive automatic rifles, a tragedy happens. What is it?

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

5. Who tells Arn that Sombo is only being mean in order to protect Arn from harm?

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