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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Arn's first reaction when a girl sitting next to him at dinner suddenly dies?
(a) He runs away into the jungle to be by himself for a while.
(b) He screams for help and is punished for his cries.
(c) He pushes her to floor to save the other children from having to look at her.
(d) He takes her bowl of rice and keeps on eating.

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 told that the band will play for the glory of Angka, which goes against his religious beliefs.
(c) 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.
(d) He has never played an instrument and is scared that he will not be good at playing music.

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

4. When the trucks of Khmer Rouge soldiers first arrive, what does the radio tell the Cambodian people to do?
(a) To do nothing and say nothing when the soldiers speak to them.
(b) To learn how to use guns so that they may join the throng of soldiers.
(c) To give the soldiers whatever they can and show that they support them.
(d) To run away as fast as they can and take nothing with them.

5. What lesson does Arn learn from his experience getting told on by another boy in the camp?
(a) He learns that sleeping in the manure pile is actually warmer and more comfortable than sleeping on the ground in his tent.
(b) He learns that the soldiers are more merciful than he had previously thought, since they do not physically beat him for his transgression.
(c) He learns to never take breaks during his work day, no matter what happens.
(d) He learns to observe others and gather information about their behavior so he can use it against them later if necessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occurs in the American movie that causes Arn and Munny to hide their faces in their shirts?

2. 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?

3. What happens to the old man who is Arn's first music teacher?

4. Once Arn and his group is allowed to stop walking and they form a camp, what two groups do the Khmer Rouge soldiers separate the captives into?

5. 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?

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