1. 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?
(a) 14 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 3 days.

2. Why does Arn at first hesitate to volunteer when a high-ranking Khmer Rouge soldier asks who wants to play music in a band within the camp?
(a) He thinks that the other children in the band will not take the task seriously and that therefore they will all be punished or even killed.
(b) He is afraid that the question is a trick to suss out children who may have taken music lessons and should therefore be killed for their elitist status.
(c) He has never played an instrument and is scared that he will not be good at playing music.
(d) He is told that the band will play for the glory of Angka, which goes against his religious beliefs.

3. In what country is Arn's hometown?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) India.

4. How do the Khmer Rouge soldiers react when Arn asks them if they want to play soccer with him?
(a) They kick the ball with little skill and frown the whole time.
(b) They put their guns down and engage in a real enjoyment of the game.
(c) They mercilessly beat one of Arn's friends when Arn's team wins.
(d) They yell at Arn to go away and threaten to hurt his family.

5. 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?
(a) His friend's high-ranking father was shot.
(b) The Khmer Rouge soldiers drive through town announcing the murders they've committed.
(c) His little brother sneaks away to the airport and comes back to report to Arn what he's seen.
(d) He sees their bodies during the mass exodus from the village.