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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. 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) Sojeat and Ravi used to look up the Khmer Rouge soldiers, while Arn did everything he could to rebel against them.
(b) Arn's parents both raised him until the Khmer Rouge came, while the parents of Sojeat and Ravi were divorced before then.
(c) Sojeat's and Ravi's families had enough money to send them to school.
(d) Arn's family was religious, while the families of Sojeat and Ravi were not.

2. 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) Munny.
(b) Sig.
(c) Phat.
(d) Phon.

3. What causes Arn's thought that maybe it would be okay if the Vietnamese never come to rescue him and the other captives?
(a) He is fed enough that his stomach rarely is in pain like it used to be constantly.
(b) He has finally been given some semblance of normalcy back in the form of fairly regular deep sleep on a comfortable bed.
(c) He has given up on ever reuniting with his family again.
(d) He feels content within the close relationships he has with Siv, Kha, Mek, and Sombo.

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

5. 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) "Why didn't you save us."
(b) "Come for us soon."
(c) "See you again."
(d) "Peace be with you."

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is mistaken for a member of the Khmer Rouge by one of their leaders, what is Arn's reaction?

2. 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?

3. What kind of platoon is Arn's sister traveling with?

4. What is Arn's reaction to seeing his sister again?

5. Just before the radio's batteries die, what do they hear the voice of Angka saying in the news report?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arn distrust the radio reports he hears at the hospital?

2. Describe the parting of Arn and Mek. What is its significance within the course of the narrative?

3. At the start of his stay in the hospital, how does the author demonstrate that Arn has contracted Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from his time under the rule of the Khmer Rouge?

4. Why does Arn begin to shake after he boards the bus with the other refugees?

5. How does the white rabbit enter the narrative of the story and what is its significance?

6. After Sombo leaves the group to take Koong to a Thai hospital, the kids all argue about which they should go. Arn goes in the opposite direction and they see, but do not care. What reason does Arn give for their apathy?

7. How does the author present the theme of the unnatural when Kha tells Arn and Siv that if they stay hidden, they can watch the girls bathe in the nude?

8. When the Khmer Rouge put Arn and 19 other boys into a platoon they call Little Fish with the Big Sting, what thought of Arn's acts as foreshadowing for the coming carnage?

9. For what reasons does Arn choose Sojeat and Ravi as his two favorites when Mr. Pond asks him for two names?

10. Conditioning is the automatic response of one's body that happens over a period of time when one is subjected to repeated negative and/or positive reinforcement in order to facilitate a particular response. The soldiers tell Arn and Siv that he has a new job for them, lead them to a temple, make them watch as they murder the elderly prisoners there, and order Arn and Siv to urinate on the bodies of the dead and dying old men. Arn thinks that there is no way he'll be able to comply, but when he looks down, he sees that urine is pouring out of his body onto the dead men's heads. What is the author's purpose in including this incident?

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