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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The leader with the white shorts orders Arn to come entertain his guests at a party he is throwing at his house. For how many days does the party last?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 7 days.

2. What special food does Arn steal from the leader's house party so that he can share it with Siv and Kha when he returns to camp?
(a) Sweet potato.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Marshmallow.
(d) Banyan fruit.

3. 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 forced to sleep in a pile of manure for three nights.
(c) He is forced to burn his uniform.
(d) He is refused food for three days.

4. When the radio makes clear that the Vietnamese soldiers really are coming, chaos erupts and many children run away in the melee. Sombo asks Arn why he doesn't run away to find his family. Why does Arn not run away?
(a) He now feels so far removed from his biological family that his friends seem much more important to stay close to in this world.
(b) He realizes that he has no idea why he does not run away; the thought has just never occurred to him.
(c) He is afraid the soldiers in the next camp will kill his little sister Sophea if he runs away.
(d) He is afraid that the Khmer Rouge will recognize him due to his fame and shoot him for the traitor they will consider him to be.

5. Why does Arn at first hesitate to volunteer when a high-ranking Khmer Rouge soldier asks who wants to play music in a band within the camp?
(a) He is afraid that the question is a trick to suss out children who may have taken music lessons and should therefore be killed for their elitist status.
(b) He has never played an instrument and is scared that he will not be good at playing music.
(c) He thinks that the other children in the band will not take the task seriously and that therefore they will all be punished or even killed.
(d) He is told that the band will play for the glory of Angka, which goes against his religious beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Arn cope with his feelings when the Khmer Rouge kitchen girl sexually molests him?

2. When he is mistaken for a member of the Khmer Rouge by one of their leaders, what is Arn's reaction?

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

4. The author uses the occasion of Arn's transition into the role of soldier to refer back to events at the start of the novel. What are those events and what triggers them in Arn's thoughts?

5. What does Arn say that convinces the new music teacher to make more of an effort to teach the children?

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