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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the old man who is Arn's first music teacher?
(a) He escapes into the jungle in the middle of the night.
(b) He retires from teaching and is allowed to go back to his family in a nearby camp.
(c) The Khmer Rouge soldiers kill him and bury him in the mango grove once he is finished teaching Arn the required songs.
(d) He dies of exhaustion from the effort needed to help Arn learn the intricacies of his instrument.

2. Where do Arn and Munny hide when they hear the sounds of a nearby battle during their make-believe game of war?
(a) In a pond near their house.
(b) In their rich next-door-neighbor's Mercedes.
(c) In the branches of a nearby Banyan tree.
(d) In the theater where they had seen the movie earlier that night.

3. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Guns.
(c) Boots.
(d) Homogeneous uniforms.

4. What happens the first time Arn and and another Little Fish go to drop grenades into the tanks of the Vietnamese soldiers?
(a) Arn is successful at the mission but the other boy's foot is blown off.
(b) Arn gets scared and doesn't climb onto the tank and the other boy gets hurt as a result.
(c) The other boy gets scared and doesn't join Arn in climbing onto the tank, but Arn fulfills the mission.
(d) Arn and the other boy are both successful and feel very proud of their accomplishment.

5. What is the event that first causes Arn to think maybe the Khmer Rouge have evil intentions?
(a) He sees a soldier kill a boy when the boy refuses his request for a motorcycle ride.
(b) A soldier sees Arn selling his wares on the street and tips over his cart for no apparent reason.
(c) He sees a soldier speaking roughly to a monk at his temple school.
(d) Hi sister tells him that all of the girls in the village are being rounded up by the soldiers in order to force the girls to cut their hair short.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special food does Arn steal from the leader's house party so that he can share it with Siv and Kha when he returns to camp?

2. Which of the following is NOT a topic of the Khmer Rouge songs the children are taught to play with their musical instruments?

3. What occurs in the American movie that causes Arn and Munny to hide their faces in their shirts?

4. What is Koong's function within Sombo's group?

5. What happens to cause Arn to say that now "even the earth is our enemy" (126)?

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