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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 the word "sleep" is banned by the Khmer Rouge, what word is allowed in its place?
(a) Doze.
(b) Nap.
(c) Rest.
(d) Die.

2. When the Vietnamese soldiers kill everyone in the village by drawing them out with offers of free rice, why does Arn look at each dead person's face as he walks through the village?
(a) He doesn't know why he wants to look at their faces, but he does.
(b) He is looking for any member of his family.
(c) He wants to count how many males they killed versus how many males they killed.
(d) He wants to see what expressions they had on their faces when they died.

3. When the trucks of Khmer Rouge soldiers first arrive, what does the radio tell the Cambodian people to do?
(a) To do nothing and say nothing when the soldiers speak to them.
(b) To give the soldiers whatever they can and show that they support them.
(c) To run away as fast as they can and take nothing with them.
(d) To learn how to use guns so that they may join the throng of soldiers.

4. When Arn asks a nurse what month and year it is, she replies that it's March 1979. He then figures out he has been away from home for how long in total?
(a) Three years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Seven years.

5. What dance do Arn and Munny perform for the crowd outside the theater?
(a) The Watusi.
(b) The Pony.
(c) The Twist.
(d) The Swim.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What product does Arn skip school to sell, much to the chagrin of his older sister?

3. When some new children arrive at the camp and one of them refuses to cut her hair, how is she punished?

4. What lesson does Arn learn from his experience getting told on by another boy in the camp?

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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