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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What product does Arn skip school to sell, much to the chagrin of his older sister?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Bowls of rice.
(d) Cigarettes.

3. 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 are worried that he steals to get money.
(d) They don't like the treat he gives them.

4. Who tells Arn's aunt about Arn and Munny seeing the American movie?
(a) Sojeat.
(b) Munny.
(c) Sophea.
(d) Mali.

5. Who is in the picture that Arn hangs on his bedroom wall at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The Prince of Cambodia's daughter.
(b) His mother during her opera heyday.
(c) The first lady of the United States.
(d) The young U.S. President's widow, Jackie Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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 is the event that first causes Arn to think maybe the Khmer Rouge have evil intentions?

4. 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?

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

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