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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Arn that Sombo is only being mean in order to protect Arn from harm?
(a) Mek.
(b) Chantou.
(c) The leader with the white shorts.
(d) Kha.

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

3. How does Arn describe the monks at the temple school?
(a) He says they are hard to communicate with since they've taken a vow of silence.
(b) He says they are kind but that they make the children work all the time.
(c) He says they are corrupt and secretly take bribes from government officials.
(d) He says they are mean and that they make the children work all the time.

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?
(a) He straps a gun and ammunition to his chest and it reminds him of playing soldiers with his little brother Munny, just as they did after the movie so long ago.
(b) He feels a sense of power from being armed and likens it to the feeling he used to get from earning his own money and having the power to buy things other kids couldn't.
(c) He remembers a prayer and recites it out loud, causing him to think about the monk teacher whom he used to bribe so he could skip school to sell his wares.
(d) He looks up into the sky and hears the rat-a-tat-tat of artillery, which makes him think of the sound his cheap vendor bell used to make as he sold from his cart.

5. What method does Mek, the new music teacher, tell Arn that he uses to survive?
(a) He dreams.
(b) He composes music.
(c) He watches the birds fly.
(d) He thinks about one hour at a time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sophea brings news that someone in Arn's family has died while calling out for him. Who is it?

2. What is Arn's first reaction when a girl sitting next to him at dinner suddenly dies?

3. When he is allowed a special privilege by the leader, what does he find himself doing for the first time in three years?

4. What is Arn's solution for helping Siv remember not to hold the flag in front of Arn's face at the end of the dance?

5. When the word "sleep" is banned by the Khmer Rouge, what word is allowed in its place?

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