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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Arn's sister and aunt break down crying when Arn gives them a treat?
(a) They don't like the treat he gives them.
(b) They feel sorry for him that he has to use his earnings to provide for his family.
(c) They are worried that he steals to get money.
(d) They wish he had gotten enough to give every member of the family a treat.

2. Arn eventually discovers the real reason that the band is asked to play at several specific times each day. What is the reason?
(a) To make the field workers dance at regular intervals to amuse the soldiers.
(b) To keep the spirits of the soldiers high.
(c) To keep the band members from running away into the jungle.
(d) To cover the sound of skulls being cracked as the Khmer Rouge murder captives.

3. What dance do Arn and Munny perform for the crowd outside the theater?
(a) The Swim.
(b) The Twist.
(c) The Watusi.
(d) The Pony.

4. What event causes Arn to wonder if he has become a monster just like the Khmer Rouge soldiers?
(a) He feels happiness at the sight of the boy who previously got him into trouble being beaten by a soldier for being lazy.
(b) He feels happiness at hearing that one soldier has been murdered for speaking roughly to another soldier.
(c) He feels happiness at hearing that his rich neighbors have all been killed for their elitist ways.
(d) He feels happiness at seeing Kha die, since now he is at least out of his misery.

5. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?
(a) Boots.
(b) Homogeneous uniforms.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event causes Arn to sneak out and plead with the new music teacher to start exerting effort in his teaching?

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

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

4. What lesson does Arn learn from his experience getting told on by another boy in the camp?

5. Upon realizing that Arn is teasing him by putting a stone on his chest instead of the customary lump of sugar, Mek tells Arn that he has a treat for him. What is the treat?

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