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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 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 realizes that he wants to please the soldiers more than he wants to stay alive.

2. What does Arn do with the lump of sugar the kitchen girl gives him after she is done with him?
(a) He sneaks into Mek's tent and shares it with him.
(b) He gives it to Kha.
(c) He gobbles it down once he leaves her tent.
(d) He throws it into the jungle.

3. 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.

4. Sophea brings news that someone in Arn's family has died while calling out for him. Who is it?
(a) Their sister Mali.
(b) Their mother.
(c) Their sister Jorami.
(d) Their brother Munny.

5. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?
(a) Khim.
(b) Harpsichord.
(c) Viola.
(d) Dulcimer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Khmer Rouge soldiers react when Arn asks them if they want to play soccer with him?

2. When a new letter carrier arrives to bring news to the camp, what news does he bring to Arn?

3. What is Arn's solution for helping Siv remember not to hold the flag in front of Arn's face at the end of the dance?

4. How does Arn find out unequivocally that the government soldiers who answered the Khmer Rouge's call to go to the airport were subsequently murdered?

5. What reason does Arn give for not eating the human liver that the Khmer Rouge soldier forces him to cook?

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