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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 the high-ranking soldiers for whom the band played has taken their leave, what is NOT a rule put in place by the remaining Khmer Rouge soldiers?
(a) Now the band has to play at nighttime meetings so that all of the kids can learn the words to the songs.
(b) Now no one can hunt for their own food.
(c) Now no one is allowed to fall in love.
(d) Now no one is allowed to speak to the soldiers for any reason.

2. What reason does Arn give for not eating the human liver that the Khmer Rouge soldier forces him to cook?
(a) He does not eat it because he already has a belly full of rice and chicken that the kitchen girl had given him.
(b) He does not eat it because he knows it came from a friend of his.
(c) He does not eat it because he thinks maybe the next time, another kitchen boy will be eating him instead.
(d) He does not eat it because he wants to bring it back to the tent to give it to Kha instead.

3. What do the rich kids do to Arn when he is selling his wares near the school?
(a) They push over his cart in the gutter.
(b) They spit on him.
(c) They throw stones at him.
(d) They run to buy his wares.

4. 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 learn how to use guns so that they may join the throng of soldiers.
(c) To run away as fast as they can and take nothing with them.
(d) To do nothing and say nothing when the soldiers speak to them.

5. From where does Chantou send Arn a letter?
(a) From her adoptive parents' home in America.
(b) From a mountain camp.
(c) From an opera house in Thailand.
(d) From their home village.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first person Arn sees in over a year who is not wearing a black uniform is the new leader who arrives at the camp. How does Arn describe his appearance?

3. What lesson does Arn learn from his experience getting told on by another boy in the camp?

4. In what country is Arn's hometown?

5. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?

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