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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Arn becomes a sort of personal assistant to the leader with the white shorts, what privilege is he granted?
(a) He gets to sleep in late and eat a breakfast of rice cakes.
(b) He gets to run as fast as he wants, a practice normally forbidden so that escapes may be detected.
(c) He gets to go in the leader's room to sleep on a soft feather pillow on the floor.
(d) He gets to ride the leader's white horse.

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 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.

3. When a new letter carrier arrives to bring news to the camp, what news does he bring to Arn?
(a) He tells Arn that his sister Jorami has escaped with another boy from their home village.
(b) He tells Arn that his older sister Chantou has died of sickness.
(c) He tells Arn that his aunt has died of starvation.
(d) He tells Arn that his mother is alive and is living in a nearby camp.

4. Which of the following is NOT a topic of the Khmer Rouge songs the children are taught to play with their musical instruments?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Rice.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) God's love.

5. After the tragedy, Arn goes to see the Khmer Rouge soldier boy who has told Arn and the other Little Fish that they are not real soldiers. What does he do before he goes to see this boy?
(a) He changes into an all-black uniform.
(b) He puts on white shorts and takes off his shirt.
(c) He borrows everyone's rifles and hangs them all across his body.
(d) He paints his face with blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of platoon is Arn's sister traveling with?

2. What simile does Arn use to describe his sister's appearance when he sees her?

3. What happens to the first guard to make Sombo come to replace him?

4. Where do Arn and Munny hide when they hear the sounds of a nearby battle during their make-believe game of war?

5. 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?

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