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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 knows it came from a friend of his.
(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 already has a belly full of rice and chicken that the kitchen girl had given him.
(d) He does not eat it because he wants to bring it back to the tent to give it to Kha instead.

2. Once Arn and his group is allowed to stop walking and they form a camp, what two groups do the Khmer Rouge soldiers separate the captives into?
(a) Cambodians and Vietnamese.
(b) Males and females.
(c) Families with children and families without children.
(d) Former peasants and former city-dwellers.

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

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

5. 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 beg for money outside the theater.
(c) They sneak in through the back door exit.
(d) They borrow money from their older sister, Jorami.

6. 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 put into the back of a truck and driven around for hours in order to disorient them.
(b) They are permitted to go the Thailand border to see if they can find their family members.
(c) They go to a nearby village and are ordered to kill everyone living there.
(d) They embark on a tour of the agricultural fields in order to entertain the workers.

7. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?
(a) Viola.
(b) Dulcimer.
(c) Harpsichord.
(d) Khim.

8. What sport do the rich kids play in the yard of their school in the first part of the book?
(a) Lacrosse.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Volleyball.

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 mother is alive and is living in a nearby camp.
(c) He tells Arn that his older sister Chantou has died of sickness.
(d) He tells Arn that his aunt has died of starvation.

10. When some new children arrive at the camp and one of them refuses to cut her hair, how is she punished?
(a) She is denied any food besides grass for weeks.
(b) She is required to sleep in the manure pile for three nights.
(c) She is wrapped in canvas and tossed high into the air for hours.
(d) She is put inside a drum on the temple steps as they beat it and light a fire under it.

11. 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 gives it to Kha.
(c) He sneaks into Mek's tent and shares it with him.
(d) He gobbles it down once he leaves her tent.

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

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

14. What causes Arn to think that finally the Khmer Rouge may have won the metaphorical battle between himself and the soldiers?
(a) He can no longer remember the faces of his family members.
(b) He loses his appetite and feels that even if he were given an entire meal, he would refuse to eat it.
(c) He realizes that he wants to please the soldiers more than he wants to stay alive.
(d) He thinks that he'd rather see any other child in the camp die than to die himself.

15. What occurs in the American movie that causes Arn and Munny to hide their faces in their shirts?
(a) Displays of wealth like shiny new cars.
(b) A villain looking into the camera.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Bloody battle scenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arn say that convinces the new music teacher to make more of an effort to teach the children?

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

3. What lesson does Arn learn from his experience getting told on by another boy in the camp?

4. After asking Sombo many times why he is permissive with Arn and overlooks his breaking of the rules, Sombo reveals the reason. What does he say is the reason?

5. What product does Arn skip school to sell, much to the chagrin of his older sister?

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