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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 his rich neighbors have all been killed for their elitist ways.
(c) He feels happiness at seeing Kha die, since now he is at least out of his misery.
(d) He feels happiness at hearing that one soldier has been murdered for speaking roughly to another soldier.

2. Besides the fact that Arn was a child soldier and Sojeat and Ravi were not, what other main difference is there between his background and theirs?
(a) Arn's parents both raised him until the Khmer Rouge came, while the parents of Sojeat and Ravi were divorced before then.
(b) Sojeat and Ravi used to look up the Khmer Rouge soldiers, while Arn did everything he could to rebel against them.
(c) Sojeat's and Ravi's families had enough money to send them to school.
(d) Arn's family was religious, while the families of Sojeat and Ravi were not.

3. What is it about Arn that makes the soldier let him go without even a warning when he is caught sneaking to Mek's tent in the night?
(a) His fame as a khim player.
(b) His smile.
(c) His decision to stand up to the soldier and not allow himself to be controlled.
(d) His kind words about the soldier's sister.

4. What is the stringed instrument called that Arn learns to play in the band?
(a) Khim.
(b) Harpsichord.
(c) Viola.
(d) Dulcimer.

5. The author uses the occasion of Arn's transition into the role of soldier to refer back to events at the start of the novel. What are those events and what triggers them in Arn's thoughts?
(a) He looks up into the sky and hears the rat-a-tat-tat of artillery, which makes him think of the sound his cheap vendor bell used to make as he sold from his cart.
(b) He straps a gun and ammunition to his chest and it reminds him of playing soldiers with his little brother Munny, just as they did after the movie so long ago.
(c) He remembers a prayer and recites it out loud, causing him to think about the monk teacher whom he used to bribe so he could skip school to sell his wares.
(d) He feels a sense of power from being armed and likens it to the feeling he used to get from earning his own money and having the power to buy things other kids couldn't.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the word "sleep" is banned by the Khmer Rouge, what word is allowed in its place?

2. What do the Khmer Rouge soldiers lack that makes the soldiers associated with the Prince doubt their power?

3. The American man whom Arn at first calls Jesus Monk, later finding out his name is Mr. Pond, takes pity on Arn and gives him medicine to cure what ailment?

4. Where do Arn and Munny go after the American movie to play a pretend game of war?

5. What are the two forms of compensation that the news bearer accepts in return for news about the captives' families?

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