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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the new music teacher is too overcome by his own sadness to teach the children, Arn teaches them himself, instructing them to hit the strings lightly, like the wings of what bird?
(a) A swallow.
(b) A starling.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A robin.

2. From where does Chantou send Arn a letter?
(a) From a mountain camp.
(b) From her adoptive parents' home in America.
(c) From an opera house in Thailand.
(d) From their home village.

3. 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?
(a) The Khmer Rouge soldiers drive through town announcing the murders they've committed.
(b) His friend's high-ranking father was shot.
(c) His little brother sneaks away to the airport and comes back to report to Arn what he's seen.
(d) He sees their bodies during the mass exodus from the village.

4. What does the new music teacher give Arn as the reason that he does not care whether he lives or dies?
(a) His passion for music has been twisted by the war into something ugly and he can no longer bear to teach it to others.
(b) He has had malaria for months and it has robbed him of his energy.
(c) His children are all dead and he does not know where his wife is.
(d) His true passion is for the theater arts, so he is disappointed that he is being forced to teach music instead.

5. What happens to the old man who is Arn's first music teacher?
(a) The Khmer Rouge soldiers kill him and bury him in the mango grove once he is finished teaching Arn the required songs.
(b) He escapes into the jungle in the middle of the night.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Arn's sister and aunt break down crying when Arn gives them a treat?

2. After asking Sombo many times why he is permissive with Arn and overlooks his breaking of the rules, Sombo reveals the reason. What does he say is the reason?

3. Where do Arn and Munny go after the American movie to play a pretend game of war?

4. 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?

5. What event precipitates the band members being fed real rice and being forced to practice their music all night long?

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