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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 occurs in the American movie that causes Arn and Munny to hide their faces in their shirts?
(a) A villain looking into the camera.
(b) Displays of wealth like shiny new cars.
(c) Bloody battle scenes.
(d) Kissing.

2. What is the event that first causes Arn to think maybe the Khmer Rouge have evil intentions?
(a) Hi sister tells him that all of the girls in the village are being rounded up by the soldiers in order to force the girls to cut their hair short.
(b) He sees a soldier speaking roughly to a monk at his temple school.
(c) A soldier sees Arn selling his wares on the street and tips over his cart for no apparent reason.
(d) He sees a soldier kill a boy when the boy refuses his request for a motorcycle ride.

3. The morning just before the Khmer Rouge drive through the village making announcements on their bullhorns, what sounds are noticeably absent?
(a) The sound of gunfire and the sound of explosions.
(b) The sound of children laughing and the sound of vendors selling their wares.
(c) The sound of birds chirping and the sound of the wind in the trees.
(d) The sound of monks chanting and the sound of the temple gong.

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a topic of the Khmer Rouge songs the children are taught to play with their musical instruments?
(a) Revolution.
(b) God's love.
(c) Rice.
(d) Sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?

2. What product does Arn skip school to sell, much to the chagrin of his older sister?

3. How did Arn's father die?

4. Who is in the picture that Arn hangs on his bedroom wall at the beginning of the novel?

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?

(see the answer key)

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