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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Arn eventually discovers the real reason that the band is asked to play at several specific times each day. What is the reason?
(a) To keep the spirits of the soldiers high.
(b) To make the field workers dance at regular intervals to amuse the soldiers.
(c) To keep the band members from running away into the jungle.
(d) To cover the sound of skulls being cracked as the Khmer Rouge murder captives.

2. When he is allowed a special privilege by the leader, what does he find himself doing for the first time in three years?
(a) Hoping he'll live a long life.
(b) Regretting his poor treatment of Siv when they first met.
(c) Thinking about his mother.
(d) Laughing.

3. The American man whom Arn at first calls Jesus Monk, later finding out his name is Mr. Pond, takes pity on Arn and gives him medicine to cure what ailment?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Yellow Fever.
(d) Worms.

4. While the captives subsist on tiny amounts of rice and garbage, what do the Khmer Rouge eat?
(a) Chicken, fish, and lemongrass.
(b) Sardines, mussels, and clams.
(c) Caviar, foie gras, and steak.
(d) Grass, leaves, and clay.

5. The group of child soldiers led by Sombo and referred to as Little Fish with the Big Sting is comprised of how many children?
(a) 10.
(b) 80.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

Short Answer 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?

2. 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?

3. What happens the first time Arn and and another Little Fish go to drop grenades into the tanks of the Vietnamese soldiers?

4. What event precipitates the band members being fed real rice and being forced to practice their music all night long?

5. 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?

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