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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Arns separates from the other boys, he wants to get to Thailand. What is the only landmark he knows about that will signal him he's about to get to Thailand?
(a) He knows he will have to wade through a swamp.
(b) He knows he will have to cross a series of three bridges.
(c) He knows he will have to climb the tallest mountain of three peaks on the horizon.
(d) He knows he will have to cross a river.

2. How do Arn and his little brother Munny get in to see the American movie?
(a) They hide behind the skirts of a large paying customer.
(b) They borrow money from their older sister, Jorami.
(c) They sneak in through the back door exit.
(d) They beg for money outside the theater.

3. How do the Khmer Rouge trick the government soldiers into assembling together at the airport so that they can be killed more efficiently?
(a) They tell them that they will each be given a large sum of money if they go to the airport to help fix the runways.
(b) They tell them that the prince has just arrived at the airport and that they should come welcome him back home.
(c) They tell them that their families are in danger but that they cannot tell them why until they all congregate together for a meeting.
(d) They tell them that a large supply of food has just been flown in by the Americans.

4. Arn hears a voice coming through a bullhorn, telling the refugees that it's okay to come out and he waits for what he thinks is a trick to end in gunfire and moaning. Instead, he hears a different sound. What is it?
(a) A rock 'n roll song by Elvis Presley.
(b) A little girl laughing.
(c) A bird chirping.
(d) A Cambodian love song.

5. When Arn finds Sophea lying motionless, he considers killing her to save her from rape, from murder at another's hands, or from being eaten by wild animals. He doesn't, instead choosing to take what action?
(a) Help her into a tree so the animals cannot get her.
(b) Keep walking.
(c) Tell Koong to watch over her until she dies and to join up with the group again later.
(d) Hide her the best he can.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Arn and Munny hide when they hear the sounds of a nearby battle during their make-believe game of war?

2. What is the name of the only other boy at the Children's Center who was formerly a child soldier besides Arn?

3. What event precipitates the band members being fed real rice and being forced to practice their music all night long?

4. What happens to the first guard to make Sombo come to replace him?

5. 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?

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