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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. 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 their families are in danger but that they cannot tell them why until they all congregate together for a meeting.
(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 a large supply of food has just been flown in by the Americans.
(d) 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.

2. In what country is Arn's hometown?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) India.

3. What simile does the author use to get across how Arn feels when Peter tells him that speaking out about his story will save people in Cambodia and will also give him something to live for?
(a) The thought wraps around him like a warm blanket.
(b) The thought bounces off his heart like a rubber ball.
(c) The thought flies around his head like a hummingbird.
(d) The thought freezes his heart like a winter blizzard.

4. What happens to the first guard to make Sombo come to replace him?
(a) He falls asleep at his post one time and is never seen again.
(b) He goes on leave to get married.
(c) He eats too much rotten food and contracts a blood disease.
(d) He runs away into the jungle.

5. What is it about Arn that makes the soldier let him go without even a warning when he is caught sneaking to Mek's tent in the night?
(a) His smile.
(b) His kind words about the soldier's sister.
(c) His decision to stand up to the soldier and not allow himself to be controlled.
(d) His fame as a khim player.

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

3. What happens the first time Arn and and another Little Fish go to drop grenades into the tanks of the Vietnamese soldiers?

4. What method does Mek, the new music teacher, tell Arn that he uses to survive?

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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