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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. Of the three boys, which ones give their new American clothing to the children they're leaving behind at the Children's Center?
(a) Arn and Ravi.
(b) Arn and Sojeat.
(c) Arn, Sojeat, and Ravi.
(d) Ravi and Sojeat.

2. Mek and Arn differ in their assessment of what their parting means. What are their two separate feelings about their separation?
(a) Arn feels certain they will see each other again, while Mek feels certain they will not.
(b) Mek feels certain they will see each other again, while Arn feels certain they will not.
(c) Arn feels the need to put on a brave face and pretend he is joyous despite their parting, while Mek cannot hide his grief and weeps.
(d) Mek feels the need to put on a brave face and pretend he is joyous despite their parting, while Arn cannot hide his grief and weeps.

3. Before Sojeat, Ravi, and Arn go to high school, who teaches them their ABC's?
(a) Shirley, Peter's wife.
(b) Doug, Peter's son.
(c) Pat, the ESL tutor.
(d) Donna, Peter's daughter.

4. 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?
(a) Because Runty is scared all the time and is not good at volleyball.
(b) Because Runty does not like Mr. Pond.
(c) Because earlier that day Runty told Missus Gotobed that Arn had said a bad word.
(d) Because Arn suspects they are going to do something dangerous and he does not want Runty to get hurt.

5. The second time the boys appear in a local newspaper, what does the article accuse them of doing?
(a) Showing off by speaking publicly about their experiences.
(b) Bullying the other kids at school.
(c) Setting barn fires.
(d) Vandalizing the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. The morning just before the Khmer Rouge drive through the village making announcements on their bullhorns, what sounds are noticeably absent?

2. The real Arn Chorn-Pond founded an organization of his own in 1998. What is that organization and what is its goal?

3. The novel is based loosely on the life of a real person and the epilogue therefore informs the reader of Arn Chorn-Pond's activities from 1984 to the present. What organization does it say Arn Chorn-Pond has represented since 1984?

4. What reason does Arn give for not eating the human liver that the Khmer Rouge soldier forces him to cook?

5. When Arn starts to cry during his speech at St. John the Divine, the man who introduces come over to ask Arn if he wants to stop. How does Arn reply to this question?

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