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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Khmer Rouge trick the government soldiers into assembling together at the airport so that they can be killed more efficiently?
(a) They tell them that their families are in danger but that they cannot tell them why until they all congregate together for a meeting.
(b) They tell them that they will each be given a large sum of money if they go to the airport to help fix the runways.
(c) They tell them that the prince has just arrived at the airport and that they should come welcome him back home.
(d) They tell them that a large supply of food has just been flown in by the Americans.

2. What event causes Arn to wonder if he has become a monster just like the Khmer Rouge soldiers?
(a) He feels happiness at the sight of the boy who previously got him into trouble being beaten by a soldier for being lazy.
(b) He feels happiness at hearing that one soldier has been murdered for speaking roughly to another soldier.
(c) He feels happiness at hearing that his rich neighbors have all been killed for their elitist ways.
(d) He feels happiness at seeing Kha die, since now he is at least out of his misery.

3. What causes Arn to think that finally the Khmer Rouge may have won the metaphorical battle between himself and the soldiers?
(a) He realizes that he wants to please the soldiers more than he wants to stay alive.
(b) He thinks that he'd rather see any other child in the camp die than to die himself.
(c) He can no longer remember the faces of his family members.
(d) He loses his appetite and feels that even if he were given an entire meal, he would refuse to eat it.

4. After the first battle when the Little Fish are used by the adult soldiers as bait for the Vietnamese, how many of the original number of boys are left?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

5. When the Khmer Rouge soldiers take all of the captives' clothes and burn them, what clothing do they provide instead?
(a) Red uniforms.
(b) Yellow uniforms.
(c) Black uniforms.
(d) Green uniforms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about Arn that makes the soldier let him go without even a warning when he is caught sneaking to Mek's tent in the night?

2. Where do Arn and Munny hide when they hear the sounds of a nearby battle during their make-believe game of war?

3. What simile does Arn use to describe his sister's appearance when he sees her?

4. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?

5. When his sister kisses Arn's ear, what is NOT something he says the sensation feels like?

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