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

2. When the five-year-old boy that reminds Arn of his little brother sneaks out night after night, returning only in the morning, what does Arn eventually find out he is doing?
(a) He is stealing rice from the kitchen.
(b) He is attacking the Khmer Rouge soldiers from the jungle.
(c) He is climbing trees to eat the fruit.
(d) He is eating dead people's flesh in the mango grove.

3. What event precipitates the band members being fed real rice and being forced to practice their music all night long?
(a) A traveling performance for all the people who have resettled in their home villages since the evacuation.
(b) A performance for the Vietnamese soldiers.
(c) A performance for the American soldiers.
(d) A performance at a large meeting for all of the highest-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.

4. 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 the prince has just arrived at the airport and that they should come welcome him back home.
(b) They tell them that their families are in danger but that they cannot tell them why until they all congregate together for a meeting.
(c) 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.
(d) They tell them that a large supply of food has just been flown in by the Americans.

5. 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?
(a) He has to push the dead and dying into the mass grave in the mango grove.
(b) He has to cook for all of the children in the camp.
(c) He has to take away the material belongings from the captives' tents and give them to the soldiers.
(d) He has to clean the area where the whole camp relieves themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. After asking Sombo many times why he is permissive with Arn and overlooks his breaking of the rules, Sombo reveals the reason. What does he say is the reason?

2. When another child captive tells on Arn for lying to increase his number of work breaks, what do the Khmer Rouge soldiers impose as Arn's punishment?

3. What causes Arn to think that finally the Khmer Rouge may have won the metaphorical battle between himself and the soldiers?

4. 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?

5. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?

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