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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Arn's aunt about Arn and Munny seeing the American movie?
(a) Sophea.
(b) Mali.
(c) Munny.
(d) Sojeat.

2. Why do Arn and his siblings live with their aunt?
(a) Because after their father's death, their mother had to go far away to find work.
(b) Because their aunt is rich and can take better care of a large family than their mother can.
(c) Because their mother was overcome with grief after their father died and said she had to leave the family.
(d) Because their mother is dead.

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

4. When the trucks of Khmer Rouge soldiers first arrive, what does the radio tell the Cambodian people to do?
(a) To run away as fast as they can and take nothing with them.
(b) To learn how to use guns so that they may join the throng of soldiers.
(c) To give the soldiers whatever they can and show that they support them.
(d) To do nothing and say nothing when the soldiers speak to them.

5. How do the Khmer Rouge trick the government soldiers into assembling together at the airport so that they can be killed more efficiently?
(a) They tell them that they will each be given a large sum of money if they go to the airport to help fix the runways.
(b) They tell them that their families are in danger but that they cannot tell them why until they all congregate together for a meeting.
(c) They tell them that a large supply of food has just been flown in by the Americans.
(d) They tell them that the prince has just arrived at the airport and that they should come welcome him back home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a topic of the Khmer Rouge songs the children are taught to play with their musical instruments?

2. How does Arn find out unequivocally that the government soldiers who answered the Khmer Rouge's call to go to the airport were subsequently murdered?

3. When Chantou gets mad that Arn is working as a vendor, what is NOT something she says he should be doing instead?

4. What do the rich kids do to Arn when he is selling his wares near the school?

5. When the Khmer Rouge soldiers take all of the captives' clothes and burn them, what clothing do they provide instead?

(see the answer key)

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