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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why do Arn and his siblings live with their aunt?
(a) Because their aunt is rich and can take better care of a large family than their mother can.
(b) Because their mother is dead.
(c) Because their mother was overcome with grief after their father died and said she had to leave the family.
(d) Because after their father's death, their mother had to go far away to find work.
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?
(a) Jorami.
(b) Mali.
(c) Sophea.
(d) Munny.
3. 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?
(a) He is tied to a tree and chastised by the other child captives.
(b) He is forced to sleep in a pile of manure for three nights.
(c) He is forced to burn his uniform.
(d) He is refused food for three days.
4. How old is Arn when the novel's narrative first begins?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.
5. 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 monks chanting and the sound of the temple gong.
(b) The sound of birds chirping and the sound of the wind in the trees.
(c) The sound of gunfire and the sound of explosions.
(d) The sound of children laughing and the sound of vendors selling their wares.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. When the Khmer Rouge soldiers take all of the captives' clothes and burn them, what clothing do they provide instead?
3. What is Arn's first reaction when a girl sitting next to him at dinner suddenly dies?
4. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?
5. What do the rich kids do to Arn when he is selling his wares near the school?
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