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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Arn when the novel's narrative first begins?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

2. 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) He dies of exhaustion from the effort needed to help Arn learn the intricacies of his instrument.
(c) He retires from teaching and is allowed to go back to his family in a nearby camp.
(d) The Khmer Rouge soldiers kill him and bury him in the mango grove once he is finished teaching Arn the required songs.

3. Though the Khmer Rouge blame the bad rice harvest on the laziness of the workers, Arn knows it is actually due to what reason?
(a) Villagers have crept into camp in the night and have stolen rice.
(b) The soil has been planted too many times with no rest.
(c) Substandard rice seed was used.
(d) The monsoons have submerged the rice for too long and it has been unable to grow effectively.

4. What event precipitates the band members being fed real rice and being forced to practice their music all night long?
(a) A performance for the American soldiers.
(b) A traveling performance for all the people who have resettled in their home villages since the evacuation.
(c) A performance for the Vietnamese soldiers.
(d) A performance at a large meeting for all of the highest-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.

5. While the captives subsist on tiny amounts of rice and garbage, what do the Khmer Rouge eat?
(a) Chicken, fish, and lemongrass.
(b) Caviar, foie gras, and steak.
(c) Grass, leaves, and clay.
(d) Sardines, mussels, and clams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Arn and his little brother Munny get in to see the American movie?

3. When the five-year-old boy that reminds Arn of his little brother sneaks out night after night, returning only in the morning, what does Arn eventually find out he is doing?

4. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?

5. What is Arn's solution for helping Siv remember not to hold the flag in front of Arn's face at the end of the dance?

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