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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Families with children and families without children.
(b) Cambodians and Vietnamese.
(c) Males and females.
(d) Former peasants and former city-dwellers.

2. What reason does Arn give for it being a dangerous act for him to think about his sister or any of his other family members?
(a) Because Mek is jealous of Arn's feelings about his family.
(b) Because getting his hopes up for a reunion with his family is a waste of time.
(c) Because the Khmer Rouge can see inside his head.
(d) Because it makes him angry at them for letting this happen.

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

4. 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 learn how to play the xylophone from Kha and how to play soccer from Siv, but now it's too late.
(b) He has grown over time to hate Sombo, so Kha and Siv are the only friends he has left.
(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 planned to give Kha and Siv his only blanket, but Sombo takes him away before he can do so.

5. Why does Arn at first hesitate to volunteer when a high-ranking Khmer Rouge soldier asks who wants to play music in a band within the camp?
(a) He is told that the band will play for the glory of Angka, which goes against his religious beliefs.
(b) He has never played an instrument and is scared that he will not be good at playing music.
(c) He thinks that the other children in the band will not take the task seriously and that therefore they will all be punished or even killed.
(d) He is afraid that the question is a trick to suss out children who may have taken music lessons and should therefore be killed for their elitist status.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the captives subsist on tiny amounts of rice and garbage, what do the Khmer Rouge eat?

2. After Arn becomes a sort of personal assistant to the leader with the white shorts, what privilege is he granted?

3. When another child captive tells on Arn for lying to increase his number of work breaks, what do the Khmer Rouge soldiers impose as Arn's punishment?

4. When the Khmer Rouge evacuate all of the cities in order to force everyone into agricultural work, how many days do they tell the villagers they will be gone?

5. When his sister kisses Arn's ear, what is NOT something he says the sensation feels like?

(see the answer key)

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