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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the news being reported on the radio when Sombo quickly turns it off to prevent Arn from hearing?
(a) The rice fields in Cambodia are full of the joyful voices of peasants working in the fields.
(b) The Khmer Rouge have taken over every major city and every small village in Cambodia.
(c) Everyone in Cambodia is fleeing to Thailand to escape the Khmer Rouge.
(d) Vietnamese soldiers are coming across the border to take over Cambodia by fighting the Khmer Rouge.

2. When his sister kisses Arn's ear, what is NOT something he says the sensation feels like?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Angels.
(c) Butterfly wings.
(d) Rustling leaves.

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 has given up on ever reuniting with his family again.
(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 feels content within the close relationships he has with Siv, Kha, Mek, and Sombo.
(d) He is fed enough that his stomach rarely is in pain like it used to be constantly.

4. 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?
(a) A goat.
(b) A horse.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A pig.

5. Where do Arn and Munny hide when they hear the sounds of a nearby battle during their make-believe game of war?
(a) In the theater where they had seen the movie earlier that night.
(b) In a pond near their house.
(c) In their rich next-door-neighbor's Mercedes.
(d) In the branches of a nearby Banyan tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. The group of child soldiers led by Sombo and referred to as Little Fish with the Big Sting is comprised of how many children?

2. How did Arn's father die?

3. One time when Sombo's group passes another platoon in the woods, he recognizes that platoon's rice girl. Who is it?

4. When the word "sleep" is banned by the Khmer Rouge, what word is allowed in its place?

5. 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?

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