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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 shows Arn a firefly he has trapped in a bottle.
(b) He tells Arn a story about how his children used to tease him, too.
(c) He gives Arn a piece of cornbread.
(d) He hums an old Cambodian love song to Arn that is now illegal.

2. Sophea brings news that someone in Arn's family has died while calling out for him. Who is it?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Their brother Munny.
(c) Their sister Jorami.
(d) Their sister Mali.

3. 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 cover the sound of skulls being cracked as the Khmer Rouge murder captives.
(b) To make the field workers dance at regular intervals to amuse the soldiers.
(c) To keep the band members from running away into the jungle.
(d) To keep the spirits of the soldiers high.

4. 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?
(a) He says that he hates what the Khmer Rouge make him do to punish children who break the rules, so he tries not to turn them in if he can help it.
(b) He says that he knew Arn's father before he was killed and that he feels a responsibility to take care of Arn.
(c) He says that he has a special affinity for Arn because of his musical talent.
(d) He says that he was an orphan who was forced to steal in order to survive as well.

5. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?
(a) A Khmer Rouge guard asks Arn how the band is progressing and whether the new music teacher has a good or a bad character.
(b) Arn has taken a genuine interest in the musical arts and wants to do anything he can to fuel his new passion.
(c) Arn knows that the new music teacher is a friend of his mother's and so he wants to preserve the teacher's life.
(d) Arn realizes that though he can play and teach all of the instruments to the other children, he wants a father figure to be their leader.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Chantou gets mad that Arn is working as a vendor, what is NOT something she says he should be doing instead?

3. What does Arn do with the food the kitchen girl gives him after she is done using him for her pleasure?

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

5. In order to add to his fame even more and thus add to his probability of survival, Arn adds what talent to his repertoire in addition to his playing of the khim?

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