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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the children in the band have had no rice for many days, the Khmer Rouge tell them they are getting a special dinner of banana peels, rice husks, and rotten pieces of food. Arn knows that this is usually the food given to which kind of farm animal?
(a) A horse.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A goat.
(d) A pig.

2. 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) He sees a soldier kill a boy when the boy refuses his request for a motorcycle ride.
(c) A soldier sees Arn selling his wares on the street and tips over his cart for no apparent reason.
(d) 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.

3. How did Arn's father die?
(a) In a motorcycle accident.
(b) In a battle near their village.
(c) In the hospital while suffering from malaria.
(d) In a stage accident during an opera performance.

4. The morning just before the Khmer Rouge drive through the village making announcements on their bullhorns, what sounds are noticeably absent?
(a) The sound of children laughing and the sound of vendors selling their wares.
(b) The sound of gunfire and the sound of explosions.
(c) The sound of monks chanting and the sound of the temple gong.
(d) The sound of birds chirping and the sound of the wind in the trees.

5. What does Arn do with the lump of sugar the kitchen girl gives him after she is done with him?
(a) He throws it into the jungle.
(b) He sneaks into Mek's tent and shares it with him.
(c) He gobbles it down once he leaves her tent.
(d) He gives it to Kha.

6. Who tells Arn's aunt about Arn and Munny seeing the American movie?
(a) Mali.
(b) Munny.
(c) Sojeat.
(d) Sophea.

7. 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 traveling performance for all the people who have resettled in their home villages since the evacuation.
(c) A performance at a large meeting for all of the highest-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.
(d) A performance for the Vietnamese soldiers.

8. 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?
(a) Now no one is allowed to speak to the soldiers for any reason.
(b) Now no one is allowed to fall in love.
(c) Now the band has to play at nighttime meetings so that all of the kids can learn the words to the songs.
(d) Now no one can hunt for their own food.

9. What reason does Arn give for not eating the human liver that the Khmer Rouge soldier forces him to cook?
(a) He does not eat it because he already has a belly full of rice and chicken that the kitchen girl had given him.
(b) He does not eat it because he thinks maybe the next time, another kitchen boy will be eating him instead.
(c) He does not eat it because he knows it came from a friend of his.
(d) He does not eat it because he wants to bring it back to the tent to give it to Kha instead.

10. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?
(a) Boots.
(b) Grenades.
(c) Homogeneous uniforms.
(d) Guns.

11. 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 fame as a khim player.
(b) His decision to stand up to the soldier and not allow himself to be controlled.
(c) His kind words about the soldier's sister.
(d) His smile.

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 they will each be given a large sum of money if they go to the airport to help fix the runways.
(b) They tell them that their families are in danger but that they cannot tell them why until they all congregate together for a meeting.
(c) They tell them that a large supply of food has just been flown in by the Americans.
(d) They tell them that the prince has just arrived at the airport and that they should come welcome him back home.

13. How does Arn find out unequivocally that the government soldiers who answered the Khmer Rouge's call to go to the airport were subsequently murdered?
(a) His little brother sneaks away to the airport and comes back to report to Arn what he's seen.
(b) His friend's high-ranking father was shot.
(c) The Khmer Rouge soldiers drive through town announcing the murders they've committed.
(d) He sees their bodies during the mass exodus from the village.

14. What reason does Arn give for it being a dangerous act for him to think about his sister or any of his other family members?
(a) Because getting his hopes up for a reunion with his family is a waste of time.
(b) Because the Khmer Rouge can see inside his head.
(c) Because Mek is jealous of Arn's feelings about his family.
(d) Because it makes him angry at them for letting this happen.

15. What dance do Arn and Munny perform for the crowd outside the theater?
(a) The Watusi.
(b) The Twist.
(c) The Pony.
(d) The Swim.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the new music teacher is too overcome by his own sadness to teach the children, Arn teaches them himself, instructing them to hit the strings lightly, like the wings of what bird?

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

3. Arn eventually discovers the real reason that the band is asked to play at several specific times each day. What is the reason?

4. What happens to the first guard to make Sombo come to replace him?

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?

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