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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Arn and Munny go after the American movie to play a pretend game of war?
(a) The town square.
(b) The soccer field.
(c) The mango grove.
(d) The park.

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

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

4. 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) Mali.
(b) Sophea.
(c) Jorami.
(d) Munny.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Arn and his siblings live with their aunt?

2. 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?

3. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?

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

5. How old is Arn when the novel's narrative first begins?

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