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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 Arn and his little brother Munny get in to see the American movie?
(a) They sneak in through the back door exit.
(b) They borrow money from their older sister, Jorami.
(c) They hide behind the skirts of a large paying customer.
(d) They beg for money outside the theater.

2. From where does Chantou send Arn a letter?
(a) From an opera house in Thailand.
(b) From a mountain camp.
(c) From her adoptive parents' home in America.
(d) From their home village.

3. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?
(a) A Khmer Rouge guard asks Arn how the band is progressing and whether the new music teacher has a good or a bad character.
(b) 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.
(c) Arn has taken a genuine interest in the musical arts and wants to do anything he can to fuel his new passion.
(d) Arn knows that the new music teacher is a friend of his mother's and so he wants to preserve the teacher's life.

4. What happens the first time Arn shoots his gun?
(a) He accidentally shoots Kha, but it is only a superficial wound.
(b) He shoots a Vietnamese soldier hiding among the trees.
(c) He has a violent flashback of the boy in his village being hit with the butt of a rifle and killed.
(d) He is knocked off his feet by the force of the shot.

5. What kind of platoon is Arn's sister traveling with?
(a) A group of children soldiers.
(b) A group of all female soldiers.
(c) A group of ragtag escapees from other platoons.
(d) A group of high-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the new music teacher is too overcome by his own sadness to teach the children, Arn teaches them himself, instructing them to hit the strings lightly, like the wings of what bird?

3. Besides the fact that Arn was a child soldier and Sojeat and Ravi were not, what other main difference is there between his background and theirs?

4. Who tells Arn's aunt about Arn and Munny seeing the American movie?

5. When Arn becomes delirious with hunger, he sees the monkey family and then his own family and they chant words to him over and over. What are those words he hears them chant?

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