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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 do Arn and his little brother Munny get in to see the American movie?
(a) They hide behind the skirts of a large paying customer.
(b) They sneak in through the back door exit.
(c) They beg for money outside the theater.
(d) They borrow money from their older sister, Jorami.

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

3. What does Arn do with the food the kitchen girl gives him after she is done using him for her pleasure?
(a) He gives it to Siv or Kha or Mek.
(b) He throws it on the ground and stomps on it.
(c) He gives it to the Khmer Rouge leader with the white shorts.
(d) He puts it aside in case he sees his family again.

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 don't like the treat he gives them.
(c) They are worried that he steals to get money.
(d) They wish he had gotten enough to give every member of the family a treat.

5. What occurs in the American movie that causes Arn and Munny to hide their faces in their shirts?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Displays of wealth like shiny new cars.
(c) Bloody battle scenes.
(d) A villain looking into the camera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though the Khmer Rouge blame the bad rice harvest on the laziness of the workers, Arn knows it is actually due to what reason?

2. Why does the kitchen girl give Arn extra food?

3. 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?

4. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?

5. When the trucks of Khmer Rouge soldiers first arrive, what does the radio tell the Cambodian people to do?

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