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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 don't like the treat he gives them.
(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 feel sorry for him that he has to use his earnings to provide for his family.

2. What happens to the first guard to make Sombo come to replace him?
(a) He falls asleep at his post one time and is never seen again.
(b) He runs away into the jungle.
(c) He eats too much rotten food and contracts a blood disease.
(d) He goes on leave to get married.

3. What does Arn say that convinces the new music teacher to make more of an effort to teach the children?
(a) Arn tells him that the music is crucial to keeping up the morale of the field workers.
(b) Arn tells him that every child in the band will be killed if he does not.
(c) Arn tells him that he'll be killed if he does not.
(d) Arn tells him that soon the band will become famous across the country if he does.

4. What does the new music teacher give Arn as the reason that he does not care whether he lives or dies?
(a) His children are all dead and he does not know where his wife is.
(b) His passion for music has been twisted by the war into something ugly and he can no longer bear to teach it to others.
(c) He has had malaria for months and it has robbed him of his energy.
(d) His true passion is for the theater arts, so he is disappointed that he is being forced to teach music instead.

5. The Khmer Rouge tell the band that they are going on a trip and everyone is expecting to be killed. Instead, what happens?
(a) They embark on a tour of the agricultural fields in order to entertain the workers.
(b) They are permitted to go the Thailand border to see if they can find their family members.
(c) They go to a nearby village and are ordered to kill everyone living there.
(d) They are put into the back of a truck and driven around for hours in order to disorient them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Arn's first reaction when a girl sitting next to him at dinner suddenly dies?

2. Sophea brings news that someone in Arn's family has died while calling out for him. Who is it?

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

4. When Arn is told by a Khmer Rouge soldier that he has a new job in addition to his job as a musician in the band, what does that new job turn out to be?

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

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