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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Using the method of time measurement that Arn and the other captives must use, eight harvests means he's been held captive for how long?
(a) 1 1/2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 1/2 years.

2. What special food does Arn steal from the leader's house party so that he can share it with Siv and Kha when he returns to camp?
(a) Banyan fruit.
(b) Marshmallow.
(c) Sweet potato.
(d) Cheese.

3. 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?
(a) A swallow.
(b) A robin.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A starling.

4. Who is in the picture that Arn hangs on his bedroom wall at the beginning of the novel?
(a) His mother during her opera heyday.
(b) The young U.S. President's widow, Jackie Kennedy.
(c) The Prince of Cambodia's daughter.
(d) The first lady of the United States.

5. After the children in the band have had no rice for many days, the Khmer Rouge tell them they are getting a special dinner of banana peels, rice husks, and rotten pieces of food. Arn knows that this is usually the food given to which kind of farm animal?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A pig.
(c) A horse.
(d) A goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Arn and his siblings live with their aunt?

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

3. What happens the first time Arn plays volleyball?

4. Arn hallucinates, seeing a rabbit as large as he is and this illusion seems to lead the way to Thailand. What color is the rabbit he hallucinates?

5. Who tells Arn that Sombo is only being mean in order to protect Arn from harm?

(see the answer key)

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