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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 gets scared and doesn't climb onto the tank and the other boy gets hurt as a result.
(c) The other boy gets scared and doesn't join Arn in climbing onto the tank, but Arn fulfills the mission.
(d) Arn is successful at the mission but the other boy's foot is blown off.

2. Why does Sombo return to the hidden village to kill everyone who lives there?
(a) Because he has become thirsty for blood after a lack of battle for so long.
(b) Because he goes back to steal their food and they put up a struggle, so he kills them.
(c) Because he thinks they told the Vietnamese his group's location.
(d) Because he is worried that if he does not, the villagers will sneak into their camp and kill them first.

3. The leader with the white shorts orders Arn to come entertain his guests at a party he is throwing at his house. For how many days does the party last?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 7 days.

4. What is Arn's reaction to seeing his sister again?
(a) It restores in him the will to live.
(b) It causes him to want to run away.
(c) It creates in him an inability to kill.
(d) It makes him hate Sombo.

5. What is the name of the only other boy at the Children's Center who was formerly a child soldier besides Arn?
(a) Sojeat.
(b) Runty.
(c) Ravi.
(d) Koong.

6. 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) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Four years.

7. Arn hears a voice coming through a bullhorn, telling the refugees that it's okay to come out and he waits for what he thinks is a trick to end in gunfire and moaning. Instead, he hears a different sound. What is it?
(a) A bird chirping.
(b) A little girl laughing.
(c) A Cambodian love song.
(d) A rock 'n roll song by Elvis Presley.

8. The author uses the occasion of Arn's transition into the role of soldier to refer back to events at the start of the novel. What are those events and what triggers them in Arn's thoughts?
(a) He feels a sense of power from being armed and likens it to the feeling he used to get from earning his own money and having the power to buy things other kids couldn't.
(b) He looks up into the sky and hears the rat-a-tat-tat of artillery, which makes him think of the sound his cheap vendor bell used to make as he sold from his cart.
(c) He remembers a prayer and recites it out loud, causing him to think about the monk teacher whom he used to bribe so he could skip school to sell his wares.
(d) He straps a gun and ammunition to his chest and it reminds him of playing soldiers with his little brother Munny, just as they did after the movie so long ago.

9. Why does Sombo get mad when he sees Arn dragging his gun behind him due to its great weight?
(a) He says that dragging it on the ground could allow water to get into it and cause the gun to misfire when Arn needs it.
(b) He says that a lack of respect for one's gun shows a lack of respect for oneself.
(c) He says if it knocks against the ground, it could accidentally go off and kill someone.
(d) He says that the gun is Arn's life and that if he loses it, it's like giving the gun to his enemy.

10. When Sombo takes Arn away from the group, his parting from Kha and Siv is especially hard. What about the separation makes it particularly tough for Arn?
(a) He has planned to give Kha and Siv his only blanket, but Sombo takes him away before he can do so.
(b) He has planned to learn how to play the xylophone from Kha and how to play soccer from Siv, but now it's too late.
(c) Sombo takes him away without warning, so he does not get to say goodbye to Kha and Siv, who are now like brothers to him.
(d) He has grown over time to hate Sombo, so Kha and Siv are the only friends he has left.

11. What two factions are represented by the radio stations they listen to on Sombo's radio?
(a) Vietnam and Cambodia.
(b) The Voice of America and Bangkok.
(c) The Voice of Thailand and the Khmer Rouge.
(d) Angka and the Voice of America.

12. Sombo brings his new group to join with another camp composed mainly of true Khmer Rouge kids, not soldiers like Arn who have been held captive and then forced into battle by the Khmer Rouge. What is the main child leader's name within this other group?
(a) Phon.
(b) Phat.
(c) Munny.
(d) Sig.

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

14. Arn says there are many things to be afraid of at night, and now he has one more thing to be afraid of after they have shot everyone in the village below. What is that thing?
(a) That he'll be left on his own since now sometimes the group moves in the nighttime and he has come close to being left behind.
(b) Sombo since he now comes in the night to tell Arn disturbing stories of his childhood.
(c) Sleep since it is now filled with nightmares.
(d) The fire going out because of the danger of villagers who may have escaped coming to kill them for revenge.

15. After the first battle when the Little Fish are used by the adult soldiers as bait for the Vietnamese, how many of the original number of boys are left?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile does Arn use to describe his sister's appearance when he sees her?

2. When the Little Fish receive automatic rifles, a tragedy happens. What is it?

3. After the tragedy, Arn goes to see the Khmer Rouge soldier boy who has told Arn and the other Little Fish that they are not real soldiers. What does he do before he goes to see this boy?

4. 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?

5. When Arn has fallen so ill that he's afraid he will die, an American man comes to the hospital. What does Arn do in order to get the man's attention?

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