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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Arn eventually discovers the real reason that the band is asked to play at several specific times each day. What is the reason?
(a) To keep the band members from running away into the jungle.
(b) To keep the spirits of the soldiers high.
(c) To cover the sound of skulls being cracked as the Khmer Rouge murder captives.
(d) To make the field workers dance at regular intervals to amuse the soldiers.

2. The boy who runs away from camp and escapes amidst a flurry of gunfire by the Khmer Rouge is a former boyfriend of which of Arn's siblings?
(a) Mali.
(b) Sophea.
(c) Jorami.
(d) Munny.

3. How does Arn cope with his feelings when the Khmer Rouge kitchen girl sexually molests him?
(a) He lashes out and hits the kitchen girl.
(b) He disassociates by going somewhere else in his mind.
(c) He vows never to enter the kitchen again.
(d) He cries.

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?
(a) A pig.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A horse.
(d) A goat.

5. 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 realizes that he wants to please the soldiers more than he wants to stay alive.
(c) He thinks that he'd rather see any other child in the camp die than to die himself.
(d) He loses his appetite and feels that even if he were given an entire meal, he would refuse to eat it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the new music teacher give Arn as the reason that he does not care whether he lives or dies?

3. What does Arn do with the food the kitchen girl gives him after she is done using him for her pleasure?

4. What dance do Arn and Munny perform for the crowd outside the theater?

5. How do the Khmer Rouge soldiers react when Arn asks them if they want to play soccer with him?

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