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

2. 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.

3. Why does the kitchen girl give Arn extra food?
(a) Because he has become famous from playing his kihm and she admires him.
(b) Because she says he looks too skinny.
(c) Because she is a member of the Khmer Rouge and realizes that he needs strength in order to do his job and play music well.
(d) Because he threatens to hurt her if she does not.

4. While the captives subsist on tiny amounts of rice and garbage, what do the Khmer Rouge eat?
(a) Caviar, foie gras, and steak.
(b) Grass, leaves, and clay.
(c) Sardines, mussels, and clams.
(d) Chicken, fish, and lemongrass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the five-year-old boy that reminds Arn of his little brother sneaks out night after night, returning only in the morning, what does Arn eventually find out he is doing?

2. Which of the following is NOT a topic of the Khmer Rouge songs the children are taught to play with their musical instruments?

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

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

5. 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?

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