Never Fall Down Pgs. 38-53

There is a simile in the opening paragraph of Chapter Three.  
The main character compares all of the kids to what living thing?

• snake
• camels
• lizard
• vultures

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The Khmer Rouge share their own theories over why people are dying.  They say, "...it's poor character, it's ____________________."

• disease of the consciousness
• maleria
• disease of the brittle bones
• disease of the weak

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

One kid in the story was looking for his sister.
The Khmer Rouge said that she is still working in the field,
"only now ________________________."

• she fertilizer
• she with the worms
• she with Angka
• she in the dirt mountain

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The main character experiences a pain like never before.  What was causing him such distress?

• My stomach it eat itself.
• My leg it bleed like a faucet.
• My brain it squeeze like lemon.
• My back break like glass.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Also they tell us, over and over, about a new disease in the mind: thinking too much. You must be like the ox, they say, no thoughts, only _____________________________."

• love for Angka
• work in the mud
• walk with eye forward
• eat sleep plow repeat

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the only thing that the main character does that makes him feel "a little proud."

• Hide in the bush as long as he can.
• Collect more grain of rice than any other boy.
• Never question Comrade.
• Eat tamarind the fastest.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Because of Arn's "bad character" he is made to attend "education."  What does "education" mean to the Khmer Rouge?

• Sleeping in manure.
• Going to school.
• Face execution squad.
• Eating poison.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The main character finds a new job. Instead of working in the fields, Arn:

• learns to play an instrument.
• shovels manure from dawn to dusk.
• goes hut to hut to take attendance.
• cleans Khmer Rouge Comrade uniforms.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Where is the one place you don't want to go?

• mango grove
• khim grove
• garden grove
• holly grove

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

At the conclusion of Chapter Three, Arn has one final job...

• Put the bodies in the ditch.
• Take the ax to each person's skull.
• Dig the ditch.
• Be invisible.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9