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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Upon realizing that Arn is teasing him by putting a stone on his chest instead of the customary lump of sugar, Mek tells Arn that he has a treat for him. What is the treat?
(a) He hums an old Cambodian love song to Arn that is now illegal.
(b) He gives Arn a piece of cornbread.
(c) He shows Arn a firefly he has trapped in a bottle.
(d) He tells Arn a story about how his children used to tease him, too.

3. The boy who runs away from camp and escapes amidst a flurry of gunfire by the Khmer Rouge is a former boyfriend of which of Arn's siblings?
(a) Munny.
(b) Jorami.
(c) Sophea.
(d) Mali.

4. Arn hears a voice coming through a bullhorn, telling the refugees that it's okay to come out and he waits for what he thinks is a trick to end in gunfire and moaning. Instead, he hears a different sound. What is it?
(a) A rock 'n roll song by Elvis Presley.
(b) A Cambodian love song.
(c) A little girl laughing.
(d) A bird chirping.

5. When Arn has fallen so ill that he's afraid he will die, an American man comes to the hospital. What does Arn do in order to get the man's attention?
(a) He intentionally falls off his bed into the man's pathway.
(b) He screams as loud as he can as the man passes by Arn's bed.
(c) He throws his breakfast across the room.
(d) He casts a pleading look at the man as he passes by Arn's bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point, Arn becomes so hungry and thirsty and eats fruit off the ground even though there is something wrong with it. What's wrong with it?

2. When the Khmer Rouge evacuate all of the cities in order to force everyone into agricultural work, how many days do they tell the villagers they will be gone?

3. What does the new music teacher give Arn as the reason that he does not care whether he lives or dies?

4. In order to add to his fame even more and thus add to his probability of survival, Arn adds what talent to his repertoire in addition to his playing of the khim?

5. Who nurses Arn enough to bring him back to consciousness once he reaches Thailand?

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