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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 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 is looking for any member of his family.
(b) He wants to count how many males they killed versus how many males they killed.
(c) He wants to see what expressions they had on their faces when they died.
(d) He doesn't know why he wants to look at their faces, but he does.

2. After asking Sombo many times why he is permissive with Arn and overlooks his breaking of the rules, Sombo reveals the reason. What does he say is the reason?
(a) He says that he hates what the Khmer Rouge make him do to punish children who break the rules, so he tries not to turn them in if he can help it.
(b) He says that he was an orphan who was forced to steal in order to survive as well.
(c) He says that he has a special affinity for Arn because of his musical talent.
(d) He says that he knew Arn's father before he was killed and that he feels a responsibility to take care of Arn.

3. 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 goat.
(b) A pig.
(c) A horse.
(d) A chicken.

4. What happens the first time Arn and and another Little Fish go to drop grenades into the tanks of the Vietnamese soldiers?
(a) Arn gets scared and doesn't climb onto the tank and the other boy gets hurt as a result.
(b) Arn is successful at the mission but the other boy's foot is blown off.
(c) The other boy gets scared and doesn't join Arn in climbing onto the tank, but Arn fulfills the mission.
(d) Arn and the other boy are both successful and feel very proud of their accomplishment.

5. 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) Seven years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Four years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sombo takes Arn away from the group, his parting from Kha and Siv is especially hard. What about the separation makes it particularly tough for Arn?

2. What method does Mek, the new music teacher, tell Arn that he uses to survive?

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

4. What is the event that first causes Arn to think maybe the Khmer Rouge have evil intentions?

5. Mr. Pond's question to Arn about which two boys are his favorite elicits a response naming Sojeat and Ravi, even though Arn admits to the reader that his actual favorite boy is Runty. Why does he not list Runty among the names he tells Mr. Pond?

(see the answer key)

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