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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Arn is told by a Khmer Rouge soldier that he has a new job in addition to his job as a musician in the band, what does that new job turn out to be?
(a) He has to cook for all of the children in the camp.
(b) He has to take away the material belongings from the captives' tents and give them to the soldiers.
(c) He has to clean the area where the whole camp relieves themselves.
(d) He has to push the dead and dying into the mass grave in the mango grove.

2. What lesson does Arn learn from his experience getting told on by another boy in the camp?
(a) He learns that the soldiers are more merciful than he had previously thought, since they do not physically beat him for his transgression.
(b) He learns to observe others and gather information about their behavior so he can use it against them later if necessary.
(c) He learns that sleeping in the manure pile is actually warmer and more comfortable than sleeping on the ground in his tent.
(d) He learns to never take breaks during his work day, no matter what happens.

3. When some new children arrive at the camp and one of them refuses to cut her hair, how is she punished?
(a) She is wrapped in canvas and tossed high into the air for hours.
(b) She is required to sleep in the manure pile for three nights.
(c) She is put inside a drum on the temple steps as they beat it and light a fire under it.
(d) She is denied any food besides grass for weeks.

4. When the word "sleep" is banned by the Khmer Rouge, what word is allowed in its place?
(a) Die.
(b) Nap.
(c) Doze.
(d) Rest.

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 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.
(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 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the new music teacher is too overcome by his own sadness to teach the children, Arn teaches them himself, instructing them to hit the strings lightly, like the wings of what bird?

2. What sets Arn apart from the rest of the group and causes his fame to grow by the day?

3. How does Arn describe the monks at the temple school?

4. The Khmer Rouge tell the band that they are going on a trip and everyone is expecting to be killed. Instead, what happens?

5. Though at first Arn is furious with Mr. Pond for taking chances that lead to him being shot by a Thai guard, Mr. Pond then reveals news that makes Arn ecstatic. What is that news?

(see the answer key)

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