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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Khmer Rouge soldiers take all of the captives' clothes and burn them, what clothing do they provide instead?
(a) Black uniforms.
(b) Green uniforms.
(c) Red uniforms.
(d) Yellow uniforms.

2. Where do Arn and Munny hide when they hear the sounds of a nearby battle during their make-believe game of war?
(a) In a pond near their house.
(b) In the branches of a nearby Banyan tree.
(c) In their rich next-door-neighbor's Mercedes.
(d) In the theater where they had seen the movie earlier that night.

3. When a new letter carrier arrives to bring news to the camp, what news does he bring to Arn?
(a) He tells Arn that his sister Jorami has escaped with another boy from their home village.
(b) He tells Arn that his older sister Chantou has died of sickness.
(c) He tells Arn that his aunt has died of starvation.
(d) He tells Arn that his mother is alive and is living in a nearby camp.

4. Upon realizing that Arn is teasing him by putting a stone on his chest instead of the customary lump of sugar, Mek tells Arn that he has a treat for him. What is the treat?
(a) He gives Arn a piece of cornbread.
(b) He shows Arn a firefly he has trapped in a bottle.
(c) He tells Arn a story about how his children used to tease him, too.
(d) He hums an old Cambodian love song to Arn that is now illegal.

5. When the Khmer Rouge evacuate all of the cities in order to force everyone into agricultural work, how many days do they tell the villagers they will be gone?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 14 days.
(d) 5 days.

6. How old is Arn when the novel's narrative first begins?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

7. What happens to the old man who is Arn's first music teacher?
(a) The Khmer Rouge soldiers kill him and bury him in the mango grove once he is finished teaching Arn the required songs.
(b) He escapes into the jungle in the middle of the night.
(c) He retires from teaching and is allowed to go back to his family in a nearby camp.
(d) He dies of exhaustion from the effort needed to help Arn learn the intricacies of his instrument.

8. What does Arn say that convinces the new music teacher to make more of an effort to teach the children?
(a) Arn tells him that soon the band will become famous across the country if he does.
(b) Arn tells him that he'll be killed if he does not.
(c) Arn tells him that every child in the band will be killed if he does not.
(d) Arn tells him that the music is crucial to keeping up the morale of the field workers.

9. What is Arn's first reaction when a girl sitting next to him at dinner suddenly dies?
(a) He runs away into the jungle to be by himself for a while.
(b) He pushes her to floor to save the other children from having to look at her.
(c) He screams for help and is punished for his cries.
(d) He takes her bowl of rice and keeps on eating.

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

11. How does Arn cope with his feelings when the Khmer Rouge kitchen girl sexually molests him?
(a) He disassociates by going somewhere else in his mind.
(b) He lashes out and hits the kitchen girl.
(c) He vows never to enter the kitchen again.
(d) He cries.

12. Where do Arn and Munny go after the American movie to play a pretend game of war?
(a) The soccer field.
(b) The park.
(c) The town square.
(d) The mango grove.

13. 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 go to a nearby village and are ordered to kill everyone living there.
(c) They embark on a tour of the agricultural fields in order to entertain the workers.
(d) They are put into the back of a truck and driven around for hours in order to disorient them.

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

15. When the word "sleep" is banned by the Khmer Rouge, what word is allowed in its place?
(a) Nap.
(b) Die.
(c) Rest.
(d) Doze.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country is Arn's hometown?

2. Which of the following is NOT a topic of the Khmer Rouge songs the children are taught to play with their musical instruments?

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

4. 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?

5. In order to add to his fame even more and thus add to his probability of survival, Arn adds what talent to his repertoire in addition to his playing of the khim?

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