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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Arn describe the Cambodian villages they come upon that are still left standing?
(a) Empty of people, all covered in vines and weeds.
(b) Uninhabitable due to the radiation left by the Vietnamese weaponry.
(c) Starting to show signs of life again, with people returning to their normal lives.
(d) Ashy ruins where villages used to be.

2. What event precipitates the band members being fed real rice and being forced to practice their music all night long?
(a) A performance for the American soldiers.
(b) A performance at a large meeting for all of the highest-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.
(c) A performance for the Vietnamese soldiers.
(d) A traveling performance for all the people who have resettled in their home villages since the evacuation.

3. 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 they might get disoriented and drown.
(b) Because their stomachs are empty.
(c) Because the soldiers won't let them.
(d) Because there are poisonous snakes that lurk at the bottom of the pond.

4. What reason does Arn give for it being a dangerous act for him to think about his sister or any of his other family members?
(a) Because it makes him angry at them for letting this happen.
(b) Because Mek is jealous of Arn's feelings about his family.
(c) Because getting his hopes up for a reunion with his family is a waste of time.
(d) Because the Khmer Rouge can see inside his head.

5. When the high-ranking soldiers for whom the band played has taken their leave, what is NOT a rule put in place by the remaining Khmer Rouge soldiers?
(a) Now no one is allowed to fall in love.
(b) Now no one can hunt for their own food.
(c) Now no one is allowed to speak to the soldiers for any reason.
(d) Now the band has to play at nighttime meetings so that all of the kids can learn the words to the songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who nurses Arn enough to bring him back to consciousness once he reaches Thailand?

2. Why does Sombo return to the hidden village to kill everyone who lives there?

3. What kind of platoon is Arn's sister traveling with?

4. The Khmer Rouge tell the band that they are going on a trip and everyone is expecting to be killed. Instead, what happens?

5. Arn says there are many things to be afraid of at night, and now he has one more thing to be afraid of after they have shot everyone in the village below. What is that thing?

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