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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Arn's sister and aunt break down crying when Arn gives them a treat?
(a) They are worried that he steals to get money.
(b) They don't like the treat he gives them.
(c) They feel sorry for him that he has to use his earnings to provide for his family.
(d) They wish he had gotten enough to give every member of the family a treat.

2. When Chantou gets mad that Arn is working as a vendor, what is NOT something she says he should be doing instead?
(a) Learning chants.
(b) Learning how to use a gun.
(c) Doing chores for the monks.
(d) Doing schoolwork.

3. What happens to the first guard to make Sombo come to replace him?
(a) He goes on leave to get married.
(b) He eats too much rotten food and contracts a blood disease.
(c) He falls asleep at his post one time and is never seen again.
(d) He runs away into the jungle.

4. Arn eventually discovers the real reason that the band is asked to play at several specific times each day. What is the reason?
(a) To keep the spirits of the soldiers high.
(b) To make the field workers dance at regular intervals to amuse the soldiers.
(c) To cover the sound of skulls being cracked as the Khmer Rouge murder captives.
(d) To keep the band members from running away into the jungle.

5. Once Arn and his group is allowed to stop walking and they form a camp, what two groups do the Khmer Rouge soldiers separate the captives into?
(a) Families with children and families without children.
(b) Former peasants and former city-dwellers.
(c) Males and females.
(d) Cambodians and Vietnamese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Arn start to suspect that Koong is Sombo's new favorite boy?

2. For the first few days in the hospital, Arn is given a certain food to keep him alive. What is that food?

3. Where do Arn and Munny go after the American movie to play a pretend game of war?

4. When Sophea shows up at the camp, what reason does she give for their aunt sending her to look for Arn?

5. When the radio makes clear that the Vietnamese soldiers really are coming, chaos erupts and many children run away in the melee. Sombo asks Arn why he doesn't run away to find his family. Why does Arn not run away?

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