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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After asking Sombo many times why he is permissive with Arn and overlooks his breaking of the rules, Sombo reveals the reason. What does he say is the reason?
(a) He says that he has a special affinity for Arn because of his musical talent.
(b) He says that he knew Arn's father before he was killed and that he feels a responsibility to take care of Arn.
(c) He says that he was an orphan who was forced to steal in order to survive as well.
(d) He says that he hates what the Khmer Rouge make him do to punish children who break the rules, so he tries not to turn them in if he can help it.

2. Why does the kitchen girl give Arn extra food?
(a) Because she says he looks too skinny.
(b) Because he threatens to hurt her if she does not.
(c) Because she is a member of the Khmer Rouge and realizes that he needs strength in order to do his job and play music well.
(d) Because he has become famous from playing his kihm and she admires him.

3. What occurs in the American movie that causes Arn and Munny to hide their faces in their shirts?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Displays of wealth like shiny new cars.
(c) A villain looking into the camera.
(d) Bloody battle scenes.

4. What happens to the old man who is Arn's first music teacher?
(a) He escapes into the jungle in the middle of the night.
(b) The Khmer Rouge soldiers kill him and bury him in the mango grove once he is finished teaching Arn the required songs.
(c) He retires from teaching and is allowed to go back to his family in a nearby camp.
(d) He dies of exhaustion from the effort needed to help Arn learn the intricacies of his instrument.

5. Who is in the picture that Arn hangs on his bedroom wall at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The first lady of the United States.
(b) His mother during her opera heyday.
(c) The young U.S. President's widow, Jackie Kennedy.
(d) The Prince of Cambodia's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lesson does Arn learn from his experience getting told on by another boy in the camp?

2. Though the Khmer Rouge blame the bad rice harvest on the laziness of the workers, Arn knows it is actually due to what reason?

3. How does Arn describe the monks at the temple school?

4. Where do Arn and Munny go after the American movie to play a pretend game of war?

5. What does the new music teacher give Arn as the reason that he does not care whether he lives or dies?

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