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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-18 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport do the rich kids play in the yard of their school in the first part of the book?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Lacrosse.
(d) Volleyball.

2. How does Arn describe the Cambodian villages they come upon that are still left standing?
(a) Empty of people, all covered in vines and weeds.
(b) Ashy ruins where villages used to be.
(c) Uninhabitable due to the radiation left by the Vietnamese weaponry.
(d) Starting to show signs of life again, with people returning to their normal lives.

3. What does Arn do when the pretty woman with the long braid begs Arn to shoot her?
(a) He drags her into a hut to hide from the other soldiers.
(b) He tells her everything will be alright.
(c) He gives her some of his food.
(d) He shoots her.

4. 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.

5. What do the boys do at Peter's mother's house that gets Peter angry at them?
(a) They throw banana peels out the window.
(b) They chase the dog around the house.
(c) They laugh at Peter's mother behind her back.
(d) They jump on the bed.

Short Answer 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?

2. When the group comes upon a little hidden village and the men beg Sombo and the boys not to hurt them, what does one of the men offer Sombo as a gift?

3. What sport does the boy does the boy play who is assigned to show Arn around the school?

4. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?

5. Though the Khmer Rouge blame the bad rice harvest on the laziness of the workers, Arn knows it is actually due to what reason?

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