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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. In Chapter 11, what food did Park Jin Sik make Yeonmi, but she was not able to eat it?
(a) Kimchi.
(b) Potato.
(c) Salted radishes.
(d) Rice.

2. How often do North Korean have to attend immiban meetings?
(a) Every two weeks.
(b) Every other week.
(c) At least once a week.
(d) At least once a month.

3. In Chapter 5, how does Yeonmi remember that her grandmother Hwang died?
(a) Starvation.
(b) She took an overdose of pills.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

4. How books was Kim Il Sung said to have written during his three years at university?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 500.
(d) 800.

5. For how many generations had Keum Sook's family had to struggle because a family member owned land when Korea was a Japanese colony?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yeonmi's birthdate?

2. How much money did Keum Sook borrow for Yeonmi's operation in Chapter 10?

3. What type of work did Keum Sook have to do when she was sentenced to reeducation in Chapter 9?

4. How does Yeonmi get back to her apartment from the hospital in Chapter 11?

5. How old was Yeonmi when she visited Pyongyang?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brief history did Yeonmi share about Korea in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 10, why did Yeonmi have to go to the hospital?

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

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

5. In Chapter 9, how does Yeonmi describe her father and the changes in him when she sees him?

6. Who was Chun Guen?

7. In Chapter 11, how did Yeonmi get home from the hospital?

8. What did Yeonmi's father make for her to eat in Chapter 11, and why did she not eat it?

9. How was Park Jin Sik tortured in Pyongyang?

10. What talents did Keum Sook have?

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