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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 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 wants to bring it back to the tent to give it to Kha instead.
(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 knows it came from a friend of his.

2. What creatures does the author depict fleeing from the sounds of war in order to underscore the theme of the unnatural?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Birds.

3. How does Arn describe the Cambodian villages they come upon that are still left standing?
(a) Uninhabitable due to the radiation left by the Vietnamese weaponry.
(b) Starting to show signs of life again, with people returning to their normal lives.
(c) Empty of people, all covered in vines and weeds.
(d) Ashy ruins where villages used to be.

4. What occurs in the American movie that causes Arn and Munny to hide their faces in their shirts?
(a) Bloody battle scenes.
(b) A villain looking into the camera.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Displays of wealth like shiny new cars.

5. How does Arn find out unequivocally that the government soldiers who answered the Khmer Rouge's call to go to the airport were subsequently murdered?
(a) He sees their bodies during the mass exodus from the village.
(b) The Khmer Rouge soldiers drive through town announcing the murders they've committed.
(c) His friend's high-ranking father was shot.
(d) His little brother sneaks away to the airport and comes back to report to Arn what he's seen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event precipitates the band members being fed real rice and being forced to practice their music all night long?

2. Why do Arn's sister and aunt break down crying when Arn gives them a treat?

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

4. What happens the first time Arn and and another Little Fish go to drop grenades into the tanks of the Vietnamese soldiers?

5. When the five-year-old boy that reminds Arn of his little brother sneaks out night after night, returning only in the morning, what does Arn eventually find out he is doing?

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