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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the Khmer Rouge blame the bad rice harvest on the laziness of the workers, Arn knows it is actually due to what reason?
(a) The monsoons have submerged the rice for too long and it has been unable to grow effectively.
(b) The soil has been planted too many times with no rest.
(c) Substandard rice seed was used.
(d) Villagers have crept into camp in the night and have stolen rice.

2. Arn eventually discovers the real reason that the band is asked to play at several specific times each day. What is the reason?
(a) To make the field workers dance at regular intervals to amuse the soldiers.
(b) To cover the sound of skulls being cracked as the Khmer Rouge murder captives.
(c) To keep the band members from running away into the jungle.
(d) To keep the spirits of the soldiers high.

3. Sophea brings news that someone in Arn's family has died while calling out for him. Who is it?
(a) Their sister Mali.
(b) Their brother Munny.
(c) Their sister Jorami.
(d) Their mother.

4. How do Arn and his little brother Munny get in to see the American movie?
(a) They hide behind the skirts of a large paying customer.
(b) They borrow money from their older sister, Jorami.
(c) They sneak in through the back door exit.
(d) They beg for money outside the theater.

5. 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 cries.
(c) He lashes out and hits the kitchen girl.
(d) He vows never to enter the kitchen again.

6. What does the new music teacher give Arn as the reason that he does not care whether he lives or dies?
(a) His true passion is for the theater arts, so he is disappointed that he is being forced to teach music instead.
(b) His passion for music has been twisted by the war into something ugly and he can no longer bear to teach it to others.
(c) He has had malaria for months and it has robbed him of his energy.
(d) His children are all dead and he does not know where his wife is.

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

8. What event precipitates the band members being fed real rice and being forced to practice their music all night long?
(a) A performance for the American soldiers.
(b) A performance for the Vietnamese soldiers.
(c) A traveling performance for all the people who have resettled in their home villages since the evacuation.
(d) A performance at a large meeting for all of the highest-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.

9. 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.

10. 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 explains to Siv that he's ruining the dance and reducing Arn's chances at fame.
(b) He offers to switch dancing roles with him.
(c) He steals some rice for him.
(d) He threatens to break his flag.

11. What is the event that first causes Arn to think maybe the Khmer Rouge have evil intentions?
(a) He sees a soldier speaking roughly to a monk at his temple school.
(b) Hi sister tells him that all of the girls in the village are being rounded up by the soldiers in order to force the girls to cut their hair short.
(c) He sees a soldier kill a boy when the boy refuses his request for a motorcycle ride.
(d) A soldier sees Arn selling his wares on the street and tips over his cart for no apparent reason.

12. 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 they will each be given a large sum of money if they go to the airport to help fix the runways.
(c) They tell them that the prince has just arrived at the airport and that they should come welcome him back home.
(d) They tell them that a large supply of food has just been flown in by the Americans.

13. What details does the author include to let the reader know that the kitchen girl's sexual molestation of Arn happens without his consent?
(a) The kitchen girl's announcement that she can kill Arn anytime she wants to and Arn's comment that the food she gives him afterward tastes like dust.
(b) The kitchen girl's threats to kill his family if he tells anyone and Arn's decision to turn the kitchen girl in for a transgression she didn't commit.
(c) Arn's tears of frustration after each session and his anger when he is telling Mek about her actions.
(d) Arn's secret plot to kill the kitchen girl before he escapes and the way in which he pretends to stab her when she turns her back.

14. What does Arn do with the food the kitchen girl gives him after she is done using him for her pleasure?
(a) He gives it to the Khmer Rouge leader with the white shorts.
(b) He throws it on the ground and stomps on it.
(c) He gives it to Siv or Kha or Mek.
(d) He puts it aside in case he sees his family again.

15. When the trucks of Khmer Rouge soldiers first arrive, what does the radio tell the Cambodian people to do?
(a) To do nothing and say nothing when the soldiers speak to them.
(b) To run away as fast as they can and take nothing with them.
(c) To give the soldiers whatever they can and show that they support them.
(d) To learn how to use guns so that they may join the throng of soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Arn to think that finally the Khmer Rouge may have won the metaphorical battle between himself and the soldiers?

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

3. When Chantou gets mad that Arn is working as a vendor, what is NOT something she says he should be doing instead?

4. When some new children arrive at the camp and one of them refuses to cut her hair, how is she punished?

5. Who tells Arn's aunt about Arn and Munny seeing the American movie?

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