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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Khmer Rouge tell the band that they are going on a trip and everyone is expecting to be killed. Instead, what happens?
(a) They go to a nearby village and are ordered to kill everyone living there.
(b) They are put into the back of a truck and driven around for hours in order to disorient them.
(c) They embark on a tour of the agricultural fields in order to entertain the workers.
(d) They are permitted to go the Thailand border to see if they can find their family members.

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

3. The group of child soldiers led by Sombo and referred to as Little Fish with the Big Sting is comprised of how many children?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 10.
(d) 80.

4. When the radio makes clear that the Vietnamese soldiers really are coming, chaos erupts and many children run away in the melee. Sombo asks Arn why he doesn't run away to find his family. Why does Arn not run away?
(a) He is afraid the soldiers in the next camp will kill his little sister Sophea if he runs away.
(b) He now feels so far removed from his biological family that his friends seem much more important to stay close to in this world.
(c) He is afraid that the Khmer Rouge will recognize him due to his fame and shoot him for the traitor they will consider him to be.
(d) He realizes that he has no idea why he does not run away; the thought has just never occurred to him.

5. Once Arn and his group is allowed to stop walking and they form a camp, what two groups do the Khmer Rouge soldiers separate the captives into?
(a) Cambodians and Vietnamese.
(b) Families with children and families without children.
(c) Former peasants and former city-dwellers.
(d) Males and females.

Short Answer Questions

1. The morning just before the Khmer Rouge drive through the village making announcements on their bullhorns, what sounds are noticeably absent?

2. 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?

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?

4. What sport do the rich kids play in the yard of their school in the first part of the book?

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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