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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Arn's solution for helping Siv remember not to hold the flag in front of Arn's face at the end of the dance?
(a) He steals some rice for him.
(b) He threatens to break his flag.
(c) He explains to Siv that he's ruining the dance and reducing Arn's chances at fame.
(d) He offers to switch dancing roles with him.

2. What reason does Arn give for it being a dangerous act for him to think about his sister or any of his other family members?
(a) Because getting his hopes up for a reunion with his family is a waste of time.
(b) Because it makes him angry at them for letting this happen.
(c) Because the Khmer Rouge can see inside his head.
(d) Because Mek is jealous of Arn's feelings about his family.

3. What happens to the first guard to make Sombo come to replace him?
(a) He runs away into the jungle.
(b) He goes on leave to get married.
(c) He eats too much rotten food and contracts a blood disease.
(d) He falls asleep at his post one time and is never seen again.

4. 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 horse.
(b) A pig.
(c) A goat.
(d) A chicken.

5. How does Arn describe the monks at the temple school?
(a) He says they are mean and that they make the children work all the time.
(b) He says they are hard to communicate with since they've taken a vow of silence.
(c) He says they are corrupt and secretly take bribes from government officials.
(d) He says they are kind but that they make the children work all the time.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. What sport do the rich kids play in the yard of their school in the first part of the book?

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