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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first person Arn sees in over a year who is not wearing a black uniform is the new leader who arrives at the camp. How does Arn describe his appearance?
(a) He is wearing black shorts and a white shirt.
(b) He is wearing a business suit.
(c) He is wearing white shorts and no shirt.
(d) He is wearing a linen caftan.

2. When the Khmer Rouge evacuate all of the cities in order to force everyone into agricultural work, how many days do they tell the villagers they will be gone?
(a) 14 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 5 days.

3. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?
(a) Guns.
(b) Boots.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Homogeneous uniforms.

4. What causes Arn to think that finally the Khmer Rouge may have won the metaphorical battle between himself and the soldiers?
(a) He loses his appetite and feels that even if he were given an entire meal, he would refuse to eat it.
(b) He thinks that he'd rather see any other child in the camp die than to die himself.
(c) He can no longer remember the faces of his family members.
(d) He realizes that he wants to please the soldiers more than he wants to stay alive.

5. What does Arn do with the lump of sugar the kitchen girl gives him after she is done with him?
(a) He gobbles it down once he leaves her tent.
(b) He throws it into the jungle.
(c) He gives it to Kha.
(d) He sneaks into Mek's tent and shares it with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Khmer Rouge soldiers react when Arn asks them if they want to play soccer with him?

2. What does Arn say that convinces the new music teacher to make more of an effort to teach the children?

3. Arn eventually discovers the real reason that the band is asked to play at several specific times each day. What is the reason?

4. What dance do Arn and Munny perform for the crowd outside the theater?

5. 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?

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