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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it about Arn that makes the soldier let him go without even a warning when he is caught sneaking to Mek's tent in the night?
(a) His decision to stand up to the soldier and not allow himself to be controlled.
(b) His smile.
(c) His fame as a khim player.
(d) His kind words about the soldier's sister.

2. 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) A Khmer Rouge guard asks Arn how the band is progressing and whether the new music teacher has a good or a bad character.
(c) Arn knows that the new music teacher is a friend of his mother's and so he wants to preserve the teacher's life.
(d) Arn has taken a genuine interest in the musical arts and wants to do anything he can to fuel his new passion.

3. Which of the following is NOT a topic of the Khmer Rouge songs the children are taught to play with their musical instruments?
(a) Rice.
(b) God's love.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Sacrifice.

4. While the captives subsist on tiny amounts of rice and garbage, what do the Khmer Rouge eat?
(a) Caviar, foie gras, and steak.
(b) Chicken, fish, and lemongrass.
(c) Grass, leaves, and clay.
(d) Sardines, mussels, and clams.

5. 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 their families are in danger but that they cannot tell them why until they all congregate together for a meeting.
(b) 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.
(c) They tell them that a large supply of food has just been flown in by the Americans.
(d) They tell them that the prince has just arrived at the airport and that they should come welcome him back home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the event that first causes Arn to think maybe the Khmer Rouge have evil intentions?

2. What is Koong's function within Sombo's group?

3. What simile does Arn use to describe his sister's appearance when he sees her?

4. How does Arn describe the Cambodian villages they come upon that are still left standing?

5. What details does the author include to let the reader know that the kitchen girl's sexual molestation of Arn happens without his consent?

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