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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Arn's sister and aunt break down crying when Arn gives them a treat?
(a) They feel sorry for him that he has to use his earnings to provide for his family.
(b) They are worried that he steals to get money.
(c) They wish he had gotten enough to give every member of the family a treat.
(d) They don't like the treat he gives them.

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

3. 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 can hunt for their own food.
(b) Now the band has to play at nighttime meetings so that all of the kids can learn the words to the songs.
(c) Now no one is allowed to speak to the soldiers for any reason.
(d) Now no one is allowed to fall in love.

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

5. After the children in the band have had no rice for many days, the Khmer Rouge tell them they are getting a special dinner of banana peels, rice husks, and rotten pieces of food. Arn knows that this is usually the food given to which kind of farm animal?
(a) A goat.
(b) A pig.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Khmer Rouge evacuate all of the cities in order to force everyone into agricultural work, how many days do they tell the villagers they will be gone?

2. What lesson does Arn learn from his experience getting told on by another boy in the camp?

3. Where do Arn and Munny go after the American movie to play a pretend game of war?

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?

5. What does the new music teacher give Arn as the reason that he does not care whether he lives or dies?

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