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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When another child captive tells on Arn for lying to increase his number of work breaks, what do the Khmer Rouge soldiers impose as Arn's punishment?
(a) He is tied to a tree and chastised by the other child captives.
(b) He is refused food for three days.
(c) He is forced to sleep in a pile of manure for three nights.
(d) He is forced to burn his uniform.

2. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?
(a) Viola.
(b) Dulcimer.
(c) Khim.
(d) Harpsichord.

3. What is it about Arn that makes the soldier let him go without even a warning when he is caught sneaking to Mek's tent in the night?
(a) His decision to stand up to the soldier and not allow himself to be controlled.
(b) His kind words about the soldier's sister.
(c) His smile.
(d) His fame as a khim player.

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

5. Once Arn and his group is allowed to stop walking and they form a camp, what two groups do the Khmer Rouge soldiers separate the captives into?
(a) Former peasants and former city-dwellers.
(b) Cambodians and Vietnamese.
(c) Males and females.
(d) Families with children and families without children.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Khmer Rouge soldiers take all of the captives' clothes and burn them, what clothing do they provide instead?

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

3. What event causes Arn to wonder if he has become a monster just like the Khmer Rouge soldiers?

4. Why do Arn and his siblings live with their aunt?

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

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