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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Arn and Munny go after the American movie to play a pretend game of war?
(a) The mango grove.
(b) The park.
(c) The soccer field.
(d) The town square.

2. What happens the first time Arn shoots his gun?
(a) He accidentally shoots Kha, but it is only a superficial wound.
(b) He is knocked off his feet by the force of the shot.
(c) He shoots a Vietnamese soldier hiding among the trees.
(d) He has a violent flashback of the boy in his village being hit with the butt of a rifle and killed.

3. Why does Arn decide he wants to become good at volleyball once he sees this is the most popular game at the Children's Center?
(a) Because he thinks he'll be good at it since during battles he's had to watch the sky for flying artillery.
(b) Because he sees that whoever is good at the game becomes important in the eyes of the other kids.
(c) Because he wants to spend his time doing something productive so that he can forget about missing his family.
(d) Because he used to play it back in his home village and he feels nostalgic about it.

4. 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?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Worms.
(d) Yellow Fever.

5. What is the event that first causes Arn to think maybe the Khmer Rouge have evil intentions?
(a) Hi sister tells him that all of the girls in the village are being rounded up by the soldiers in order to force the girls to cut their hair short.
(b) He sees a soldier kill a boy when the boy refuses his request for a motorcycle ride.
(c) He sees a soldier speaking roughly to a monk at his temple school.
(d) A soldier sees Arn selling his wares on the street and tips over his cart for no apparent reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arn hallucinates, seeing a rabbit as large as he is and this illusion seems to lead the way to Thailand. What color is the rabbit he hallucinates?

2. What dance do Arn and Munny perform for the crowd outside the theater?

3. 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?

4. For the first few days in the hospital, Arn is given a certain food to keep him alive. What is that food?

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?

(see the answer key)

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