View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Kim Jong Il when his brother died?

2. What size sandal did the narrator notice that most enemies of the state wore?

3. What script does Kim Jong Il send in Chapter 14 to Sun Moon?

4. In Chapter 19, what job is the narrator given?

5. How did Comrade Buc get his scar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator get caught up in a work detail for the rice harvest?

2. Where has Sun Moons seen the gun that Kim Jong Il gives Commander Ga?

3. How and when does Sun Moon realize that she will never see her husband again?

4. What does Buc say about the chances of getting out of North Korea?

5. What is the case against the nurse from Panmunjom?

6. In Chapter 16, how does Ga describe the stonings he participated in?

7. What does Comrade Buc say happened to Sun Moon and her children?

8. Why do Sun Moon and Ga go the the Martyrs' Cemetery in Chapter 16?

9. What answer does Commander Ga give when Sun Moon asks him why he was in prison?

10. What did Commander Ga want the prisoners in Camp 33 to look for in the mines and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the Dear Leader want to cling to the idea that a syndrome is at work in the relationship between himself and the rower girl?

Essay Topic 2

What is greater than Buc's fear of displeasing the Dear Leader that causes him to volunteer to help Ga with his escape plan?

Essay Topic 3

If Sun Moon's new script is an allegory, what does it reveal about her life and if she will be able to change the end of her story?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 751 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample