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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. After the children in the band have had no rice for many days, the Khmer Rouge tell them they are getting a special dinner of banana peels, rice husks, and rotten pieces of food. Arn knows that this is usually the food given to which kind of farm animal?
3. How does Arn cope with his feelings when the Khmer Rouge kitchen girl sexually molests him?
4. What does Arn do with the food the kitchen girl gives him after she is done using him for her pleasure?
5. What causes Arn to think that finally the Khmer Rouge may have won the metaphorical battle between himself and the soldiers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What ploy do the Khmer Rouge use to get the government soldiers to come to the airport and what happens once they arrive?
2. 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?
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. How is the theme of generosity demonstrated in the scene when the children are finally fed rice in anticipation of their first performance for the Khmer Rouge soldiers?
5. What happens to the pregnant woman and her husband who are walking next to Arn within the mass exodus of all cities? What lesson does Arn learn from seeing what happens?
6. After Arn is chosen by Khmer Rouge leaders to play music in their band, Arn sees there are positive results and negative results of his being chosen. What are they and what does this show about one's fate under the rule of the Khmer Rouge?
7. How does Arn fix the problem of the new music teacher's apathy and what effect does this solution have on the band's members?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. Why do the Khmer Rouge burn everyone's clothes and all of their material belongings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The novel is littered with the use of sensory details throughout the narrative. Discuss the author's purpose in including the sights, sounds, smells, tastes and tactile sensations of Arn's experiences.
Essay Topic 2
Arn often refers to the subject of fame at different points within the novel. Trace these mentions, explain each instance's circumstances, and discuss the overall message the author sends about the subject of fame.
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes in Western culture, volunteerism is looked at in terms of only helping those in need, but the novel seems to put forth the proposition that service to others can also be a means to the provider's own personal happiness. Find examples within the novel that would prove this conclusion regarding the author's message about service to others and discuss the message's overall effect on the reader.
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