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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?
(a) Arn knows that the new music teacher is a friend of his mother's and so he wants to preserve the teacher's life.
(b) Arn has taken a genuine interest in the musical arts and wants to do anything he can to fuel his new passion.
(c) Arn realizes that though he can play and teach all of the instruments to the other children, he wants a father figure to be their leader.
(d) A Khmer Rouge guard asks Arn how the band is progressing and whether the new music teacher has a good or a bad character.

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. In order to add to his fame even more and thus add to his probability of survival, Arn adds what talent to his repertoire in addition to his playing of the khim?
(a) Acting out theater scenes.
(b) Storytelling.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Playing the fiddle.

4. After the children in the band have had no rice for many days, the Khmer Rouge tell them they are getting a special dinner of banana peels, rice husks, and rotten pieces of food. Arn knows that this is usually the food given to which kind of farm animal?
(a) A horse.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A goat.
(d) A pig.

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?
(a) He explains to Siv that he's ruining the dance and reducing Arn's chances at fame.
(b) He offers to switch dancing roles with him.
(c) He steals some rice for him.
(d) He threatens to break his flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first person Arn sees in over a year who is not wearing a black uniform is the new leader who arrives at the camp. How does Arn describe his appearance?

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?

3. How do the Khmer Rouge soldiers react when Arn asks them if they want to play soccer with him?

4. When Arn is told by a Khmer Rouge soldier that he has a new job in addition to his job as a musician in the band, what does that new job turn out to be?

5. In what country is Arn's hometown?

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