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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 Arn has fallen so ill that he's afraid he will die, an American man comes to the hospital. What does Arn do in order to get the man's attention?
(a) He casts a pleading look at the man as he passes by Arn's bed.
(b) He intentionally falls off his bed into the man's pathway.
(c) He throws his breakfast across the room.
(d) He screams as loud as he can as the man passes by Arn's bed.

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

3. How does Arn describe the monks at the temple school?
(a) He says they are corrupt and secretly take bribes from government officials.
(b) He says they are kind but that they make the children work all the time.
(c) He says they are hard to communicate with since they've taken a vow of silence.
(d) He says they are mean and that they make the children work all the time.

4. The morning just before the Khmer Rouge drive through the village making announcements on their bullhorns, what sounds are noticeably absent?
(a) The sound of children laughing and the sound of vendors selling their wares.
(b) The sound of monks chanting and the sound of the temple gong.
(c) The sound of birds chirping and the sound of the wind in the trees.
(d) The sound of gunfire and the sound of explosions.

5. What happens to cause Arn to say that now "even the earth is our enemy" (126)?
(a) Their rice girl steps on a land mine and loses her leg.
(b) The vegetables they plant won't grow.
(c) When they bury their dead, the earth expels their bloated bodies.
(d) Vietnamese soldiers leap out of a ditch to attack their group.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thinking he hears gunfire one night at the hospital, Arn awakes with a start and reaches for his gun. What is actually making the sound that he mistakes for gunfire?

2. What is it about Arn that makes the soldier let him go without even a warning when he is caught sneaking to Mek's tent in the night?

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

4. The second time Arn joins the volleyball game, he plays skillfully and everyone claps. Why does he do so well at the game this time around?

5. The leader with the white shorts orders Arn to come entertain his guests at a party he is throwing at his house. For how many days does the party last?

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