1. 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 cover the sound of skulls being cracked as the Khmer Rouge murder captives.
(b) To keep the band members from running away into the jungle.
(c) To make the field workers dance at regular intervals to amuse the soldiers.
(d) To keep the spirits of the soldiers high.

2. 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 hopes that he has food for them.
(c) Their aunt wants him to take care of Sophea at his camp.
(d) Their aunt wants him to come home to their old village.

3. When the five-year-old boy that reminds Arn of his little brother sneaks out night after night, returning only in the morning, what does Arn eventually find out he is doing?
(a) He is attacking the Khmer Rouge soldiers from the jungle.
(b) He is stealing rice from the kitchen.
(c) He is eating dead people's flesh in the mango grove.
(d) He is climbing trees to eat the fruit.

4. What reason does Arn give for not eating the human liver that the Khmer Rouge soldier forces him to cook?
(a) He does not eat it because he thinks maybe the next time, another kitchen boy will be eating him instead.
(b) He does not eat it because he already has a belly full of rice and chicken that the kitchen girl had given him.
(c) He does not eat it because he wants to bring it back to the tent to give it to Kha instead.
(d) He does not eat it because he knows it came from a friend of his.

5. From where does Chantou send Arn a letter?
(a) From a mountain camp.
(b) From her adoptive parents' home in America.
(c) From an opera house in Thailand.
(d) From their home village.