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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 does Arn do with the food the kitchen girl gives him after she is done using him for her pleasure?
(a) He throws it on the ground and stomps on it.
(b) He gives it to the Khmer Rouge leader with the white shorts.
(c) He puts it aside in case he sees his family again.
(d) He gives it to Siv or Kha or Mek.

2. 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 they will each be given a large sum of money if they go to the airport to help fix the runways.
(b) They tell them that the prince has just arrived at the airport and that they should come welcome him back home.
(c) They tell them that their families are in danger but that they cannot tell them why until they all congregate together for a meeting.
(d) They tell them that a large supply of food has just been flown in by the Americans.

3. How old is Arn when the novel's narrative first begins?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 14.

4. The boy who runs away from camp and escapes amidst a flurry of gunfire by the Khmer Rouge is a former boyfriend of which of Arn's siblings?
(a) Jorami.
(b) Munny.
(c) Sophea.
(d) Mali.

5. In order to add to his fame even more and thus add to his probability of survival, Arn adds what talent to his repertoire in addition to his playing of the khim?
(a) Playing the fiddle.
(b) Storytelling.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Acting out theater scenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What details does the author include to let the reader know that the kitchen girl's sexual molestation of Arn happens without his consent?

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

3. Upon realizing that Arn is teasing him by putting a stone on his chest instead of the customary lump of sugar, Mek tells Arn that he has a treat for him. What is the treat?

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. Why does the kitchen girl give Arn extra food?

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