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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event precipitates the band members being fed real rice and being forced to practice their music all night long?
(a) A performance for the American soldiers.
(b) A performance for the Vietnamese soldiers.
(c) A performance at a large meeting for all of the highest-ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.
(d) A traveling performance for all the people who have resettled in their home villages since the evacuation.

2. The first person Arn sees in over a year who is not wearing a black uniform is the new leader who arrives at the camp. How does Arn describe his appearance?
(a) He is wearing a linen caftan.
(b) He is wearing a business suit.
(c) He is wearing black shorts and a white shirt.
(d) He is wearing white shorts and no shirt.

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

4. How do Arn and his little brother Munny get in to see the American movie?
(a) They sneak in through the back door exit.
(b) They beg for money outside the theater.
(c) They borrow money from their older sister, Jorami.
(d) They hide behind the skirts of a large paying customer.

5. After asking Sombo many times why he is permissive with Arn and overlooks his breaking of the rules, Sombo reveals the reason. What does he say is the reason?
(a) He says that he hates what the Khmer Rouge make him do to punish children who break the rules, so he tries not to turn them in if he can help it.
(b) He says that he has a special affinity for Arn because of his musical talent.
(c) He says that he knew Arn's father before he was killed and that he feels a responsibility to take care of Arn.
(d) He says that he was an orphan who was forced to steal in order to survive as well.

6. 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 put inside a drum on the temple steps as they beat it and light a fire under it.
(c) She is required to sleep in the manure pile for three nights.
(d) She is denied any food besides grass for weeks.

7. What does Arn do with the lump of sugar the kitchen girl gives him after she is done with him?
(a) He gives it to Kha.
(b) He throws it into the jungle.
(c) He sneaks into Mek's tent and shares it with him.
(d) He gobbles it down once he leaves her tent.

8. When Sophea shows up at the camp, what reason does she give for their aunt sending her to look for Arn?
(a) Their aunt wants him to come home to their old village.
(b) Their aunt wants him to take care of Sophea at his camp.
(c) Their aunt hopes that he has food for them.
(d) Their aunt hopes that he can come join them at their camp.

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

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

11. The morning just before the Khmer Rouge drive through the village making announcements on their bullhorns, what sounds are noticeably absent?
(a) The sound of children laughing and the sound of vendors selling their wares.
(b) The sound of gunfire and the sound of explosions.
(c) The sound of monks chanting and the sound of the temple gong.
(d) The sound of birds chirping and the sound of the wind in the trees.

12. What event causes Arn to wonder if he has become a monster just like the Khmer Rouge soldiers?
(a) He feels happiness at hearing that one soldier has been murdered for speaking roughly to another soldier.
(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 the sight of the boy who previously got him into trouble being beaten by a soldier for being lazy.

13. What is Arn's solution for helping Siv remember not to hold the flag in front of Arn's face at the end of the dance?
(a) He threatens to break his flag.
(b) He explains to Siv that he's ruining the dance and reducing Arn's chances at fame.
(c) He offers to switch dancing roles with him.
(d) He steals some rice for him.

14. What details does the author include to let the reader know that the kitchen girl's sexual molestation of Arn happens without his consent?
(a) The kitchen girl's threats to kill his family if he tells anyone and Arn's decision to turn the kitchen girl in for a transgression she didn't commit.
(b) The kitchen girl's announcement that she can kill Arn anytime she wants to and Arn's comment that the food she gives him afterward tastes like dust.
(c) Arn's secret plot to kill the kitchen girl before he escapes and the way in which he pretends to stab her when she turns her back.
(d) Arn's tears of frustration after each session and his anger when he is telling Mek about her actions.

15. What are the two forms of compensation that the news bearer accepts in return for news about the captives' families?
(a) Feathers for his pillow and food.
(b) Sex and food.
(c) Lumps of sugar and figs.
(d) Musical performances and food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Arn's sister and aunt break down crying when Arn gives them a treat?

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

3. When the Khmer Rouge soldiers take all of the captives' clothes and burn them, what clothing do they provide instead?

4. How do the Khmer Rouge soldiers react when Arn asks them if they want to play soccer with him?

5. When another child captive tells on Arn for lying to increase his number of work breaks, what do the Khmer Rouge soldiers impose as Arn's punishment?

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