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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 happens to the old man who is Arn's first music teacher?
(a) He escapes into the jungle in the middle of the night.
(b) The Khmer Rouge soldiers kill him and bury him in the mango grove once he is finished teaching Arn the required songs.
(c) He retires from teaching and is allowed to go back to his family in a nearby camp.
(d) He dies of exhaustion from the effort needed to help Arn learn the intricacies of his instrument.

2. 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 children laughing and the sound of vendors selling their wares.
(b) The sound of gunfire and the sound of explosions.
(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.

3. 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?
(a) Males and females.
(b) Cambodians and Vietnamese.
(c) Former peasants and former city-dwellers.
(d) Families with children and families without children.

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 mercilessly beat one of Arn's friends when Arn's team wins.
(c) They put their guns down and engage in a real enjoyment of the game.
(d) They yell at Arn to go away and threaten to hurt his family.

5. How do Arn and his little brother Munny get in to see the American movie?
(a) They borrow money from their older sister, Jorami.
(b) They hide behind the skirts of a large paying customer.
(c) They beg for money outside the theater.
(d) They sneak in through the back door exit.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the trucks of Khmer Rouge soldiers first arrive, what does the radio tell the Cambodian people to do?

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?

3. When the Khmer Rouge soldiers take all of the captives' clothes and burn them, what clothing do they provide instead?

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. 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?

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