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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he is mistaken for a member of the Khmer Rouge by one of their leaders, what is Arn's reaction?
(a) He yells at the leader, telling him that he is a captive.
(b) He considers running away from camp.
(c) He sits down on the grass and cries.
(d) He vows to get even with this leader someday.

2. How do the Khmer Rouge soldiers react when Arn asks them if they want to play soccer with him?
(a) They put their guns down and engage in a real enjoyment of the game.
(b) They mercilessly beat one of Arn's friends when Arn's team wins.
(c) They yell at Arn to go away and threaten to hurt his family.
(d) They kick the ball with little skill and frown the whole time.

3. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?
(a) Guns.
(b) Homogeneous uniforms.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Boots.

4. What does the new music teacher give Arn as the reason that he does not care whether he lives or dies?
(a) He has had malaria for months and it has robbed him of his energy.
(b) His children are all dead and he does not know where his wife is.
(c) His true passion is for the theater arts, so he is disappointed that he is being forced to teach music instead.
(d) His passion for music has been twisted by the war into something ugly and he can no longer bear to teach it to others.

5. What causes Arn to think that finally the Khmer Rouge may have won the metaphorical battle between himself and the soldiers?
(a) He loses his appetite and feels that even if he were given an entire meal, he would refuse to eat it.
(b) He realizes that he wants to please the soldiers more than he wants to stay alive.
(c) He thinks that he'd rather see any other child in the camp die than to die himself.
(d) He can no longer remember the faces of his family members.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Khmer Rouge tell the band that they are going on a trip and everyone is expecting to be killed. Instead, what happens?

2. Who is in the picture that Arn hangs on his bedroom wall at the beginning of the novel?

3. What details does the author include to let the reader know that the kitchen girl's sexual molestation of Arn happens without his consent?

4. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?

5. Which of the following is NOT a topic of the Khmer Rouge songs the children are taught to play with their musical instruments?

(see the answer key)

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