1. What product does Arn skip school to sell, much to the chagrin of his older sister?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Bowls of rice.

2. What creatures does the author depict fleeing from the sounds of war in order to underscore the theme of the unnatural?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Birds.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Lizards.

3. Of the three boys, which ones give their new American clothing to the children they're leaving behind at the Children's Center?
(a) Arn and Ravi.
(b) Arn and Sojeat.
(c) Arn, Sojeat, and Ravi.
(d) Ravi and Sojeat.

4. What happens to cause Arn to say that now "even the earth is our enemy" (126)?
(a) Vietnamese soldiers leap out of a ditch to attack their group.
(b) Their rice girl steps on a land mine and loses her leg.
(c) The vegetables they plant won't grow.
(d) When they bury their dead, the earth expels their bloated bodies.

5. As soon as Arn realizes he can see Thailand on the other side of the river, something about it frightens him and makes him want to stop and not go on. What is it about Thailand that frightens him?
(a) He worries that because he is unable to speak Thai, someone will mistake him for their enemy and he will be killed.
(b) It appears to be a vast stretch of wide open land with nowhere for him to hide.
(c) He sees many fires and does not know whether they have been set by soldiers or if they are being used by villagers to cook.
(d) He sees huge storm clouds gathering in the distance and is afraid Thailand is about to be hit by a monsoon.