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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Arn cope with his feelings when the Khmer Rouge kitchen girl sexually molests him?
(a) He disassociates by going somewhere else in his mind.
(b) He cries.
(c) He vows never to enter the kitchen again.
(d) He lashes out and hits the kitchen girl.

2. Why does the kitchen girl give Arn extra food?
(a) Because he has become famous from playing his kihm and she admires him.
(b) Because he threatens to hurt her if she does not.
(c) Because she says he looks too skinny.
(d) Because she is a member of the Khmer Rouge and realizes that he needs strength in order to do his job and play music well.

3. After the children in the band have had no rice for many days, the Khmer Rouge tell them they are getting a special dinner of banana peels, rice husks, and rotten pieces of food. Arn knows that this is usually the food given to which kind of farm animal?
(a) A pig.
(b) A horse.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A goat.

4. 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.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?

2. What occurs in the American movie that causes Arn and Munny to hide their faces in their shirts?

3. How did Arn's father die?

4. What does Arn do with the lump of sugar the kitchen girl gives him after she is done with him?

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

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