1. When the trucks of Khmer Rouge soldiers first arrive, what does the radio tell the Cambodian people to do?
(a) To give the soldiers whatever they can and show that they support them.
(b) To do nothing and say nothing when the soldiers speak to them.
(c) To run away as fast as they can and take nothing with them.
(d) To learn how to use guns so that they may join the throng of soldiers.

2. What event causes Arn to wonder if he has become a monster just like the Khmer Rouge soldiers?
(a) He feels happiness at seeing Kha die, since now he is at least out of his misery.
(b) He feels happiness at hearing that one soldier has been murdered for speaking roughly to another soldier.
(c) He feels happiness at the sight of the boy who previously got him into trouble being beaten by a soldier for being lazy.
(d) He feels happiness at hearing that his rich neighbors have all been killed for their elitist ways.

3. 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 realizes that he wants to please the soldiers more than he wants to stay alive.
(c) He can no longer remember the faces of his family members.
(d) He loses his appetite and feels that even if he were given an entire meal, he would refuse to eat it.

4. What is Arn's first reaction when a girl sitting next to him at dinner suddenly dies?
(a) He takes her bowl of rice and keeps on eating.
(b) He runs away into the jungle to be by himself for a while.
(c) He pushes her to floor to save the other children from having to look at her.
(d) He screams for help and is punished for his cries.

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