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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 are the two forms of compensation that the news bearer accepts in return for news about the captives' families?
(a) Feathers for his pillow and food.
(b) Lumps of sugar and figs.
(c) Musical performances and food.
(d) Sex and food.

2. What does the hospital look like where Arn arrives when he gets off the bus?
(a) It is a brick building that looks like a prison.
(b) It is a tent with open sides.
(c) It is a mud hut with a thatched roof.
(d) It is a big stucco building with lots of windows.

3. Why does the kitchen girl give Arn extra food?
(a) Because she is a member of the Khmer Rouge and realizes that he needs strength in order to do his job and play music well.
(b) Because he threatens to hurt her if she does not.
(c) Because she says he looks too skinny.
(d) Because he has become famous from playing his kihm and she admires him.

4. What is Arn's solution for helping Siv remember not to hold the flag in front of Arn's face at the end of the dance?
(a) He offers to switch dancing roles with him.
(b) He explains to Siv that he's ruining the dance and reducing Arn's chances at fame.
(c) He steals some rice for him.
(d) He threatens to break his flag.

5. From where does Chantou send Arn a letter?
(a) From her adoptive parents' home in America.
(b) From an opera house in Thailand.
(c) From a mountain camp.
(d) From their home village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens the first time Arn shoots his gun?

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

3. Out of which city's airport do they begin their trip to America?

4. Who is the only person in the Children's Center who knows Arn's secret identity of being a former child soldier?

5. When the radio makes clear that the Vietnamese soldiers really are coming, chaos erupts and many children run away in the melee. Sombo asks Arn why he doesn't run away to find his family. Why does Arn not run away?

(see the answer key)

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