1. What does the new music teacher give Arn as the reason that he does not care whether he lives or dies?
(a) His passion for music has been twisted by the war into something ugly and he can no longer bear to teach it to others.
(b) He has had malaria for months and it has robbed him of his energy.
(c) His true passion is for the theater arts, so he is disappointed that he is being forced to teach music instead.
(d) His children are all dead and he does not know where his wife is.

2. What dance do Arn and Munny perform for the crowd outside the theater?
(a) The Pony.
(b) The Watusi.
(c) The Twist.
(d) The Swim.

3. 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 now feels so far removed from his biological family that his friends seem much more important to stay close to in this world.
(b) 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.
(c) He is afraid the soldiers in the next camp will kill his little sister Sophea if he runs away.
(d) He realizes that he has no idea why he does not run away; the thought has just never occurred to him.

4. When Mr. Pond gives Arn new clothes, Arn gives his old clothes to Mr. Pond. Mr. Pond then breaks down in tears. Why does he cry?
(a) Because the clothes are three sizes too small for Arn.
(b) Because the clothes are full of holes.
(c) Because the clothes are the black uniform Mr. Pond knows is worn by the Khmer Rouge.
(d) Because the clothes are stiff with blood and dirt and the smell of death.

5. When the Vietnamese soldiers kill everyone in the village by drawing them out with offers of free rice, why does Arn look at each dead person's face as he walks through the village?
(a) He wants to count how many males they killed versus how many males they killed.
(b) He is looking for any member of his family.
(c) He doesn't know why he wants to look at their faces, but he does.
(d) He wants to see what expressions they had on their faces when they died.