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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the old man who is Arn's first music teacher?
(a) The Khmer Rouge soldiers kill him and bury him in the mango grove once he is finished teaching Arn the required songs.
(b) He retires from teaching and is allowed to go back to his family in a nearby camp.
(c) He dies of exhaustion from the effort needed to help Arn learn the intricacies of his instrument.
(d) He escapes into the jungle in the middle of the night.

2. What occurs in the American movie that causes Arn and Munny to hide their faces in their shirts?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Displays of wealth like shiny new cars.
(c) Bloody battle scenes.
(d) A villain looking into the camera.

3. When Chantou gets mad that Arn is working as a vendor, what is NOT something she says he should be doing instead?
(a) Learning how to use a gun.
(b) Doing chores for the monks.
(c) Doing schoolwork.
(d) Learning chants.

4. When the Khmer Rouge evacuate all of the cities in order to force everyone into agricultural work, how many days do they tell the villagers they will be gone?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 14 days.
(d) 5 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the event that first causes Arn to think maybe the Khmer Rouge have evil intentions?

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

4. What sport do the rich kids play in the yard of their school in the first part of the book?

5. How do the Khmer Rouge trick the government soldiers into assembling together at the airport so that they can be killed more efficiently?

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