1. When the radio makes clear that the Vietnamese soldiers really are coming, chaos erupts and many children run away in the melee. Sombo asks Arn why he doesn't run away to find his family. Why does Arn not run away?
(a) He is afraid the soldiers in the next camp will kill his little sister Sophea if he runs away.
(b) He now feels so far removed from his biological family that his friends seem much more important to stay close to in this world.
(c) He is afraid that the Khmer Rouge will recognize him due to his fame and shoot him for the traitor they will consider him to be.
(d) He realizes that he has no idea why he does not run away; the thought has just never occurred to him.

2. Why do Arn's sister and aunt break down crying when Arn gives them a treat?
(a) They feel sorry for him that he has to use his earnings to provide for his family.
(b) They wish he had gotten enough to give every member of the family a treat.
(c) They don't like the treat he gives them.
(d) They are worried that he steals to get money.

3. How does Arn describe the monks at the temple school?
(a) He says they are mean and that they make the children work all the time.
(b) He says they are kind but that they make the children work all the time.
(c) He says they are corrupt and secretly take bribes from government officials.
(d) He says they are hard to communicate with since they've taken a vow of silence.

4. Once he has run out of the house and is walking aimlessly, where does he end up spending night?
(a) On the floor of a motel lobby.
(b) In a booth at McDonald's.
(c) In the library.
(d) In the high school parking lot.

5. When the group comes upon a little hidden village and the men beg Sombo and the boys not to hurt them, what does one of the men offer Sombo as a gift?
(a) A bottle of Coca-Cola.
(b) A sweet potato.
(c) A banyan tree fruit.
(d) A drink of fresh water.