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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Arns separates from the other boys, he wants to get to Thailand. What is the only landmark he knows about that will signal him he's about to get to Thailand?
(a) He knows he will have to cross a series of three bridges.
(b) He knows he will have to cross a river.
(c) He knows he will have to wade through a swamp.
(d) He knows he will have to climb the tallest mountain of three peaks on the horizon.

2. What kind of platoon is Arn's sister traveling with?
(a) A group of high-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.
(b) A group of children soldiers.
(c) A group of all female soldiers.
(d) A group of ragtag escapees from other platoons.

3. What happens the first time Arn and and another Little Fish go to drop grenades into the tanks of the Vietnamese soldiers?
(a) Arn and the other boy are both successful and feel very proud of their accomplishment.
(b) Arn is successful at the mission but the other boy's foot is blown off.
(c) Arn gets scared and doesn't climb onto the tank and the other boy gets hurt as a result.
(d) The other boy gets scared and doesn't join Arn in climbing onto the tank, but Arn fulfills the mission.

4. When Arn finds Sophea lying motionless, he considers killing her to save her from rape, from murder at another's hands, or from being eaten by wild animals. He doesn't, instead choosing to take what action?
(a) Tell Koong to watch over her until she dies and to join up with the group again later.
(b) Keep walking.
(c) Hide her the best he can.
(d) Help her into a tree so the animals cannot get her.

5. What happens to cause Arn to say that now "even the earth is our enemy" (126)?
(a) Their rice girl steps on a land mine and loses her leg.
(b) When they bury their dead, the earth expels their bloated bodies.
(c) The vegetables they plant won't grow.
(d) Vietnamese soldiers leap out of a ditch to attack their group.

6. Besides the fact that Arn was a child soldier and Sojeat and Ravi were not, what other main difference is there between his background and theirs?
(a) Arn's family was religious, while the families of Sojeat and Ravi were not.
(b) Sojeat and Ravi used to look up the Khmer Rouge soldiers, while Arn did everything he could to rebel against them.
(c) Sojeat's and Ravi's families had enough money to send them to school.
(d) Arn's parents both raised him until the Khmer Rouge came, while the parents of Sojeat and Ravi were divorced before then.

7. When Arn becomes delirious with hunger, he sees the monkey family and then his own family and they chant words to him over and over. What are those words he hears them chant?
(a) "Peace be with you."
(b) "See you again."
(c) "Why didn't you save us."
(d) "Come for us soon."

8. When Mr. Pond gives Arn new clothes, Arn gives his old clothes to Mr. Pond. Mr. Pond then breaks down in tears. Why does he cry?
(a) Because the clothes are full of holes.
(b) Because the clothes are stiff with blood and dirt and the smell of death.
(c) Because the clothes are three sizes too small for Arn.
(d) Because the clothes are the black uniform Mr. Pond knows is worn by the Khmer Rouge.

9. When he is allowed a special privilege by the leader, what does he find himself doing for the first time in three years?
(a) Regretting his poor treatment of Siv when they first met.
(b) Hoping he'll live a long life.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Thinking about his mother.

10. Using the method of time measurement that Arn and the other captives must use, eight harvests means he's been held captive for how long?
(a) 1 1/2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 1/2 years.

11. What does Arn do when the pretty woman with the long braid begs Arn to shoot her?
(a) He drags her into a hut to hide from the other soldiers.
(b) He tells her everything will be alright.
(c) He gives her some of his food.
(d) He shoots her.

12. Why does Sombo leave Arn and the other boys to fend for themselves?
(a) He leaves because he knows that if there is one fewer mouth to feed, the boys will be more likely to survive.
(b) He leaves because he is fed up with taking care of so many boys.
(c) He leaves because he is mad at Arn for Arn's reaction after he murders the villagers.
(d) He leaves because Koong is sick with a fever and he wants to take him to a Thai hospital.

13. When the Vietnamese soldiers kill everyone in the village by drawing them out with offers of free rice, why does Arn look at each dead person's face as he walks through the village?
(a) He is looking for any member of his family.
(b) He wants to see what expressions they had on their faces when they died.
(c) He doesn't know why he wants to look at their faces, but he does.
(d) He wants to count how many males they killed versus how many males they killed.

14. How does Arn describe the Cambodian villages they come upon that are still left standing?
(a) Uninhabitable due to the radiation left by the Vietnamese weaponry.
(b) Starting to show signs of life again, with people returning to their normal lives.
(c) Ashy ruins where villages used to be.
(d) Empty of people, all covered in vines and weeds.

15. When Arn asks a nurse what month and year it is, she replies that it's March 1979. He then figures out he has been away from home for how long in total?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Four years.

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. Why does Arn save most of the candy Mr. Pond gives him in order to give it to Sojeat and Ravi?

3. Once Sombo's group dwindles to a number of only seven kids, plus Sombo and Koong, they become so tired that they drop most of what they have been carrying. What are the two things they continue to carry?

4. When the radio makes clear that the Vietnamese soldiers really are coming, chaos erupts and many children run away in the melee. Sombo asks Arn why he doesn't run away to find his family. Why does Arn not run away?

5. The second time Arn joins the volleyball game, he plays skillfully and everyone claps. Why does he do so well at the game this time around?

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