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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Arn and Munny go after the American movie to play a pretend game of war?
(a) The soccer field.
(b) The town square.
(c) The mango grove.
(d) The park.

2. 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) 3 years.
(b) 2 1/2 years.
(c) 1 1/2 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

4. How does Arn find out unequivocally that the government soldiers who answered the Khmer Rouge's call to go to the airport were subsequently murdered?
(a) He sees their bodies during the mass exodus from the village.
(b) His friend's high-ranking father was shot.
(c) The Khmer Rouge soldiers drive through town announcing the murders they've committed.
(d) His little brother sneaks away to the airport and comes back to report to Arn what he's seen.

5. What kind of platoon is Arn's sister traveling with?
(a) A group of ragtag escapees from other platoons.
(b) A group of children soldiers.
(c) A group of high-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.
(d) A group of all female soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Arn save most of the candy Mr. Pond gives him in order to give it to Sojeat and Ravi?

2. When Arn is told by a Khmer Rouge soldier that he has a new job in addition to his job as a musician in the band, what does that new job turn out to be?

3. What is Arn's solution for helping Siv remember not to hold the flag in front of Arn's face at the end of the dance?

4. What causes Arn to think that finally the Khmer Rouge may have won the metaphorical battle between himself and the soldiers?

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?

(see the answer key)

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