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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does Chantou send Arn a letter?
(a) From her adoptive parents' home in America.
(b) From an opera house in Thailand.
(c) From their home village.
(d) From a mountain camp.

2. What causes Arn to think that finally the Khmer Rouge may have won the metaphorical battle between himself and the soldiers?
(a) He loses his appetite and feels that even if he were given an entire meal, he would refuse to eat it.
(b) He can no longer remember the faces of his family members.
(c) He thinks that he'd rather see any other child in the camp die than to die himself.
(d) He realizes that he wants to please the soldiers more than he wants to stay alive.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT a topic of the Khmer Rouge songs the children are taught to play with their musical instruments?
(a) God's love.
(b) Rice.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Revolution.

5. What do the rich kids do to Arn when he is selling his wares near the school?
(a) They spit on him.
(b) They throw stones at him.
(c) They run to buy his wares.
(d) They push over his cart in the gutter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Sophea shows up at the camp, what reason does she give for their aunt sending her to look for Arn?

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

4. 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?

5. The morning just before the Khmer Rouge drive through the village making announcements on their bullhorns, what sounds are noticeably absent?

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