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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 high-ranking soldiers for whom the band played has taken their leave, what is NOT a rule put in place by the remaining Khmer Rouge soldiers?
(a) Now no one can hunt for their own food.
(b) Now the band has to play at nighttime meetings so that all of the kids can learn the words to the songs.
(c) Now no one is allowed to speak to the soldiers for any reason.
(d) Now no one is allowed to fall in love.

2. Why does Arn start to suspect that Koong is Sombo's new favorite boy?
(a) Sombo now gives Koong extra food.
(b) Sombo tells Arn not to be jealous, but it just makes Arn sure his suspicions are correct.
(c) Sombo now sleeps alongside Koong.
(d) Sombo now speaks roughly to Arn, while speaking sweetly to Koong.

3. What new job does the child leader give the Little Fish so that they can prove their loyalty to Angka?
(a) They must climb onto the tanks of the Vietnamese army and drop grenades inside.
(b) They must cook all of the food for every soldier in the camp for one week without eating anything themselves.
(c) They must fetch the water for every soldier in the camp for one week without drinking any of it themselves.
(d) They must leap from the trenches they have dug and draw enemy fire.

4. The Khmer Rouge tell the band that they are going on a trip and everyone is expecting to be killed. Instead, what happens?
(a) They are permitted to go the Thailand border to see if they can find their family members.
(b) They are put into the back of a truck and driven around for hours in order to disorient them.
(c) They go to a nearby village and are ordered to kill everyone living there.
(d) They embark on a tour of the agricultural fields in order to entertain the workers.

5. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?
(a) A Khmer Rouge guard asks Arn how the band is progressing and whether the new music teacher has a good or a bad character.
(b) Arn realizes that though he can play and teach all of the instruments to the other children, he wants a father figure to be their leader.
(c) Arn has taken a genuine interest in the musical arts and wants to do anything he can to fuel his new passion.
(d) Arn knows that the new music teacher is a friend of his mother's and so he wants to preserve the teacher's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special food does Arn steal from the leader's house party so that he can share it with Siv and Kha when he returns to camp?

2. When the five-year-old boy that reminds Arn of his little brother sneaks out night after night, returning only in the morning, what does Arn eventually find out he is doing?

3. Where does Mr. Pond end up taking Sojeat, Ravi, and Arn when he asks them to climb in the trunk of his car?

4. When he is mistaken for a member of the Khmer Rouge by one of their leaders, what is Arn's reaction?

5. Why does Arn at first hesitate to volunteer when a high-ranking Khmer Rouge soldier asks who wants to play music in a band within the camp?

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