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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 does Arn do with the food the kitchen girl gives him after she is done using him for her pleasure?
(a) He gives it to Siv or Kha or Mek.
(b) He puts it aside in case he sees his family again.
(c) He throws it on the ground and stomps on it.
(d) He gives it to the Khmer Rouge leader with the white shorts.

2. When another child captive tells on Arn for lying to increase his number of work breaks, what do the Khmer Rouge soldiers impose as Arn's punishment?
(a) He is forced to burn his uniform.
(b) He is tied to a tree and chastised by the other child captives.
(c) He is refused food for three days.
(d) He is forced to sleep in a pile of manure for three nights.

3. How does Arn cope with his feelings when the Khmer Rouge kitchen girl sexually molests him?
(a) He lashes out and hits the kitchen girl.
(b) He disassociates by going somewhere else in his mind.
(c) He cries.
(d) He vows never to enter the kitchen again.

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

5. When Sophea shows up at the camp, what reason does she give for their aunt sending her to look for Arn?
(a) Their aunt hopes that he can come join them at their camp.
(b) Their aunt wants him to come home to their old village.
(c) Their aunt wants him to take care of Sophea at his camp.
(d) Their aunt hopes that he has food for them.

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. What reason does Arn give for not eating the human liver that the Khmer Rouge soldier forces him to cook?

3. Arn eventually discovers the real reason that the band is asked to play at several specific times each day. What is the reason?

4. What causes Arn to think that finally the Khmer Rouge may have won the metaphorical battle between himself and the soldiers?

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

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