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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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

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

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 smile.
(b) His decision to stand up to the soldier and not allow himself to be controlled.
(c) His kind words about the soldier's sister.
(d) His fame as a khim player.

4. When Chantou gets mad that Arn is working as a vendor, what is NOT something she says he should be doing instead?
(a) Doing schoolwork.
(b) Learning chants.
(c) Doing chores for the monks.
(d) Learning how to use a gun.

5. Who is in the picture that Arn hangs on his bedroom wall at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The first lady of the United States.
(b) The young U.S. President's widow, Jackie Kennedy.
(c) The Prince of Cambodia's daughter.
(d) His mother during her opera heyday.

6. What occurs in the American movie that causes Arn and Munny to hide their faces in their shirts?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Displays of wealth like shiny new cars.
(c) A villain looking into the camera.
(d) Bloody battle scenes.

7. What product does Arn skip school to sell, much to the chagrin of his older sister?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Bowls of rice.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Cigarettes.

8. When the Khmer Rouge soldiers take all of the captives' clothes and burn them, what clothing do they provide instead?
(a) Yellow uniforms.
(b) Green uniforms.
(c) Black uniforms.
(d) Red uniforms.

9. Why do Arn's sister and aunt break down crying when Arn gives them a treat?
(a) They wish he had gotten enough to give every member of the family a treat.
(b) They don't like the treat he gives them.
(c) They are worried that he steals to get money.
(d) They feel sorry for him that he has to use his earnings to provide for his family.

10. Who tells Arn's aunt about Arn and Munny seeing the American movie?
(a) Sophea.
(b) Sojeat.
(c) Munny.
(d) Mali.

11. When the five-year-old boy that reminds Arn of his little brother sneaks out night after night, returning only in the morning, what does Arn eventually find out he is doing?
(a) He is climbing trees to eat the fruit.
(b) He is attacking the Khmer Rouge soldiers from the jungle.
(c) He is eating dead people's flesh in the mango grove.
(d) He is stealing rice from the kitchen.

12. What is the event that first causes Arn to think maybe the Khmer Rouge have evil intentions?
(a) A soldier sees Arn selling his wares on the street and tips over his cart for no apparent reason.
(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) 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.

13. 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?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A goat.
(c) A horse.
(d) A pig.

14. What sport do the rich kids play in the yard of their school in the first part of the book?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Lacrosse.
(d) Soccer.

15. 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?
(a) He gives Arn a piece of cornbread.
(b) He hums an old Cambodian love song to Arn that is now illegal.
(c) He tells Arn a story about how his children used to tease him, too.
(d) He shows Arn a firefly he has trapped in a bottle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the high-ranking soldiers for whom the band played has taken their leave, what is NOT a rule put in place by the remaining Khmer Rouge soldiers?

3. In order to add to his fame even more and thus add to his probability of survival, Arn adds what talent to his repertoire in addition to his playing of the khim?

4. Why does the kitchen girl give Arn extra food?

5. What do the rich kids do to Arn when he is selling his wares near the school?

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