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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of work did Keum Sook have to do when she was sentenced to reeducation in Chapter 9?
(a) Heavy construction.
(b) Farm work.
(c) Babysitting.
(d) Cleaning.

2. Between 1998 and 2002, how many months of the year would Park Jin Sik be gone running his business in Pyongyang?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

3. What did Yeonmi weigh when she was born?`
(a) 3 1/2 pounds.
(b) 4 pounds.
(c) 3 pounds.
(d) 2 1/2 pounds.

4. When Park Jin Sik moved back to Hyesan, on what floor was his apartment in Chapter 9?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

5. When did Park Jin Sik return to Pyongyang in Chapter 7?
(a) November 2002.
(b) October 2002.
(c) August 2002.
(d) September 2002.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Yeonmi when she visited Pyongyang?

2. How much money did Park Jin Sik offer to give the warden of the prison to let him out on sick leave?

3. In Chapter 11, when did Yeonmi and her mother go to the house of the girl who left with Eunmi?

4. When was Chun Guen going into the military in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 11, who helped Yeonmi get up the stairs to her apartment after she left the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the boys who led Yeonmi and Keum Sook tell them to say when they crossed the river in Chapter 11?

2. Who was Chun Guen?

3. In the Prologue, what did Yeonmi see and learn from her journey to be free?

4. How did Park Jin Sik's family lose their favorable social and political status?

5. What was it like to travel from Hyesan to Pyongyang?

6. What did Yeonmi and her family hear about North Koreans who went to work in other countries in Chapter 10?

7. In Chapter 10, how was Park Jin Sik mistreated during the Lunar New Year celebration at his brother's house?

8. How did Yeonmi follow her parents' footsteps in Chapter 8?

9. When and why was Yeonmi able to visit Pyongyang?

10. In Chapter 5, where was capitalism alive and well?

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