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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The boy who runs away from camp and escapes amidst a flurry of gunfire by the Khmer Rouge is a former boyfriend of which of Arn's siblings?
(a) Sophea.
(b) Munny.
(c) Mali.
(d) Jorami.

2. Why do Arn's sister and aunt break down crying when Arn gives them a treat?
(a) They feel sorry for him that he has to use his earnings to provide for his family.
(b) They wish he had gotten enough to give every member of the family a treat.
(c) They don't like the treat he gives them.
(d) They are worried that he steals to get money.

3. What details does the author include to let the reader know that the kitchen girl's sexual molestation of Arn happens without his consent?
(a) The kitchen girl's announcement that she can kill Arn anytime she wants to and Arn's comment that the food she gives him afterward tastes like dust.
(b) The kitchen girl's threats to kill his family if he tells anyone and Arn's decision to turn the kitchen girl in for a transgression she didn't commit.
(c) Arn's tears of frustration after each session and his anger when he is telling Mek about her actions.
(d) Arn's secret plot to kill the kitchen girl before he escapes and the way in which he pretends to stab her when she turns her back.

4. How do the Khmer Rouge soldiers react when Arn asks them if they want to play soccer with him?
(a) They yell at Arn to go away and threaten to hurt his family.
(b) They mercilessly beat one of Arn's friends when Arn's team wins.
(c) They put their guns down and engage in a real enjoyment of the game.
(d) They kick the ball with little skill and frown the whole time.

5. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?
(a) Arn realizes that though he can play and teach all of the instruments to the other children, he wants a father figure to be their leader.
(b) Arn knows that the new music teacher is a friend of his mother's and so he wants to preserve the teacher's life.
(c) A Khmer Rouge guard asks Arn how the band is progressing and whether the new music teacher has a good or a bad character.
(d) Arn has taken a genuine interest in the musical arts and wants to do anything he can to fuel his new passion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From where does Chantou send Arn a letter?

3. When a new letter carrier arrives to bring news to the camp, what news does he bring to Arn?

4. When some new children arrive at the camp and one of them refuses to cut her hair, how is she punished?

5. What does Arn do with the lump of sugar the kitchen girl gives him after she is done with him?

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