1. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?
(a) Guns.
(b) Boots.
(c) Homogeneous uniforms.
(d) Grenades.

2. Who tells Arn's aunt about Arn and Munny seeing the American movie?
(a) Sophea.
(b) Munny.
(c) Sojeat.
(d) Mali.

3. How do the Khmer Rouge trick the government soldiers into assembling together at the airport so that they can be killed more efficiently?
(a) They tell them that they will each be given a large sum of money if they go to the airport to help fix the runways.
(b) They tell them that the prince has just arrived at the airport and that they should come welcome him back home.
(c) They tell them that their families are in danger but that they cannot tell them why until they all congregate together for a meeting.
(d) They tell them that a large supply of food has just been flown in by the Americans.

4. 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) Cambodians and Vietnamese.
(b) Former peasants and former city-dwellers.
(c) Families with children and families without children.
(d) Males and females.

5. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?
(a) Arn realizes that though he can play and teach all of the instruments to the other children, he wants a father figure to be their leader.
(b) Arn knows that the new music teacher is a friend of his mother's and so he wants to preserve the teacher's life.
(c) A Khmer Rouge guard asks Arn how the band is progressing and whether the new music teacher has a good or a bad character.
(d) Arn has taken a genuine interest in the musical arts and wants to do anything he can to fuel his new passion.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. When some new children arrive at the camp and one of them refuses to cut her hair, how is she punished?

5. In what country is Arn's hometown?

(see the answer key)

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