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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Chantou gets mad that Arn is working as a vendor, what is NOT something she says he should be doing instead?
(a) Doing chores for the monks.
(b) Doing schoolwork.
(c) Learning how to use a gun.
(d) Learning chants.

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

3. 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 thinks maybe the next time, another kitchen boy will be eating him instead.
(b) He does not eat it because he knows it came from a friend of his.
(c) He does not eat it because he wants to bring it back to the tent to give it to Kha instead.
(d) He does not eat it because he already has a belly full of rice and chicken that the kitchen girl had given him.

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

5. In what country is Arn's hometown?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) Thailand.
(c) India.
(d) Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the kitchen girl give Arn extra food?

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

3. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?

4. What do the rich kids do to Arn when he is selling his wares near the school?

5. Why do Arn and his siblings live with their aunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. When a soldier from Arn's home village comes to camp, what does he offer Arn in exchange for some rice and what does Arn learn as a result of accepting his offered deal?

2. When the evacuees are finally allowed to stop to set up camp in groups of around a thousand people each, what do Arn and his little sister Sophea discover about the Khmer Rouge's philosophies when they sneak around listening to the soldiers' conversations?

3. What do Arn and his little brother Munny do after they sneak in to see the American movie and what happens to make them hide?

4. Though at first, the villagers think that the jeeps and trucks pouring into the village is a good sign and means that the war is over, what is the first thing that happens to make Arn realize that the opposite is true?

5. When a new mail carrier comes into camp, he shares some news with Arn. What part of the news does Arn doubt and what is the significance of this doubt?

6. Before the arrival of the Khmer Rouge in his village, how does Arn feel about the war he knows is being fought outside his town and what does he spend most of his time doing?

7. What does Arn tell the reader about his family background within the exposition part of the story?

8. How does the author use the juxtaposition between the kitchen girl's molestation of Arn and the comfort he then seeks within Mek's embrace? What is her purpose in using this juxtaposition?

9. When Arn finally realizes the true purpose of the band's music, he is shocked and saddened. What is that purpose and how does it transform Arn's idea of the music he plays with the other members of the band under Mek's guidance?

10. What is the author's purpose in including the character of the five-year-old child whom Arn finds feasting on the flesh of the dead?

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