View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 schoolwork.
(c) Learning chants.
(d) Doing chores for the monks.

2. 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) Jorami.
(b) Mali.
(c) Munny.
(d) Sophea.

3. 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?
(a) His little brother sneaks away to the airport and comes back to report to Arn what he's seen.
(b) He sees their bodies during the mass exodus from the village.
(c) The Khmer Rouge soldiers drive through town announcing the murders they've committed.
(d) His friend's high-ranking father was shot.

4. Sophea brings news that someone in Arn's family has died while calling out for him. Who is it?
(a) Their brother Munny.
(b) Their sister Jorami.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Their sister Mali.

5. How do Arn and his little brother Munny get in to see the American movie?
(a) They borrow money from their older sister, Jorami.
(b) They beg for money outside the theater.
(c) They hide behind the skirts of a large paying customer.
(d) They sneak in through the back door exit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event causes Arn to wonder if he has become a monster just like the Khmer Rouge soldiers?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 568 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample