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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 product does Arn skip school to sell, much to the chagrin of his older sister?
(a) Bowls of rice.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Shoes.

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 realizes that he wants to please the soldiers more than he wants to stay alive.
(d) He loses his appetite and feels that even if he were given an entire meal, he would refuse to eat it.

3. Which of the following is NOT a topic of the Khmer Rouge songs the children are taught to play with their musical instruments?
(a) God's love.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Rice.

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 has a special affinity for Arn because of his musical talent.
(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 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.
(d) He says that he was an orphan who was forced to steal in order to survive as well.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While the captives subsist on tiny amounts of rice and garbage, what do the Khmer Rouge eat?

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

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

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?

5. What reason does Arn give for not eating the human liver that the Khmer Rouge soldier forces him to cook?

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