1. Arn eventually discovers the real reason that the band is asked to play at several specific times each day. What is the reason?
(a) To make the field workers dance at regular intervals to amuse the soldiers.
(b) To keep the band members from running away into the jungle.
(c) To cover the sound of skulls being cracked as the Khmer Rouge murder captives.
(d) To keep the spirits of the soldiers high.

2. When Chantou gets mad that Arn is working as a vendor, what is NOT something she says he should be doing instead?
(a) Doing schoolwork.
(b) Learning chants.
(c) Doing chores for the monks.
(d) Learning how to use a gun.

3. Upon realizing that Arn is teasing him by putting a stone on his chest instead of the customary lump of sugar, Mek tells Arn that he has a treat for him. What is the treat?
(a) He tells Arn a story about how his children used to tease him, too.
(b) He gives Arn a piece of cornbread.
(c) He hums an old Cambodian love song to Arn that is now illegal.
(d) He shows Arn a firefly he has trapped in a bottle.

4. What event precipitates the band members being fed real rice and being forced to practice their music all night long?
(a) A performance for the Vietnamese soldiers.
(b) A performance at a large meeting for all of the highest-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.
(c) A performance for the American soldiers.
(d) A traveling performance for all the people who have resettled in their home villages since the evacuation.

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 children laughing and the sound of vendors selling their wares.
(c) The sound of gunfire and the sound of explosions.
(d) The sound of birds chirping and the sound of the wind in the trees.