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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Arn is told by a Khmer Rouge soldier that he has a new job in addition to his job as a musician in the band, what does that new job turn out to be?
(a) He has to take away the material belongings from the captives' tents and give them to the soldiers.
(b) He has to clean the area where the whole camp relieves themselves.
(c) He has to cook for all of the children in the camp.
(d) He has to push the dead and dying into the mass grave in the mango grove.

3. Why does Arn decide he wants to become good at volleyball once he sees this is the most popular game at the Children's Center?
(a) Because he used to play it back in his home village and he feels nostalgic about it.
(b) Because he wants to spend his time doing something productive so that he can forget about missing his family.
(c) Because he sees that whoever is good at the game becomes important in the eyes of the other kids.
(d) Because he thinks he'll be good at it since during battles he's had to watch the sky for flying artillery.

4. What happens to the old man who is Arn's first music teacher?
(a) The Khmer Rouge soldiers kill him and bury him in the mango grove once he is finished teaching Arn the required songs.
(b) He dies of exhaustion from the effort needed to help Arn learn the intricacies of his instrument.
(c) He escapes into the jungle in the middle of the night.
(d) He retires from teaching and is allowed to go back to his family in a nearby camp.

5. Just before the radio's batteries die, what do they hear the voice of Angka saying in the news report?
(a) That children are no longer allowed to act as soldiers for the cause.
(b) That victory is near and that the Cambodian army will soon conquer Vietnam.
(c) That Vietnamese soldiers are no longer to be shot at since they have joined forces with the Khmer Rouge.
(d) That all Khmer Rouge soldiers are ordered to flee to Thailand if they can.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the two forms of compensation that the news bearer accepts in return for news about the captives' families?

3. 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?

4. After the first battle when the Little Fish are used by the adult soldiers as bait for the Vietnamese, how many of the original number of boys are left?

5. The second time Arn joins the volleyball game, he plays skillfully and everyone claps. Why does he do so well at the game this time around?

(see the answer key)

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