View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the new music teacher give Arn as the reason that he does not care whether he lives or dies?
(a) His true passion is for the theater arts, so he is disappointed that he is being forced to teach music instead.
(b) His children are all dead and he does not know where his wife is.
(c) His passion for music has been twisted by the war into something ugly and he can no longer bear to teach it to others.
(d) He has had malaria for months and it has robbed him of his energy.

2. What happens to the first guard to make Sombo come to replace him?
(a) He eats too much rotten food and contracts a blood disease.
(b) He falls asleep at his post one time and is never seen again.
(c) He runs away into the jungle.
(d) He goes on leave to get married.

3. When a new letter carrier arrives to bring news to the camp, what news does he bring to Arn?
(a) He tells Arn that his sister Jorami has escaped with another boy from their home village.
(b) He tells Arn that his mother is alive and is living in a nearby camp.
(c) He tells Arn that his older sister Chantou has died of sickness.
(d) He tells Arn that his aunt has died of starvation.

4. 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?
(a) He is forced to burn his uniform.
(b) He is refused food for three days.
(c) He is forced to sleep in a pile of manure for three nights.
(d) He is tied to a tree and chastised by the other child captives.

5. When the new music teacher is too overcome by his own sadness to teach the children, Arn teaches them himself, instructing them to hit the strings lightly, like the wings of what bird?
(a) A robin.
(b) A hummingbird.
(c) A starling.
(d) A swallow.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the trucks of Khmer Rouge soldiers first arrive, what does the radio tell the Cambodian people to do?

2. In what country is Arn's hometown?

3. The Khmer Rouge tell the band that they are going on a trip and everyone is expecting to be killed. Instead, what happens?

4. When Arn is told by a Khmer Rouge soldier that he has a new job in addition to his job as a musician in the band, what does that new job turn out to be?

5. Where do Arn and Munny hide when they hear the sounds of a nearby battle during their make-believe game of war?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 638 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample