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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What die Yeonmi taste for the first time when she lived with her aunt Min Hee?
(a) Pears.
(b) Plums.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Grapes.

2. In Chapter 5, what did Yeonmi read about what Kim Il Sung did to survive when fighting the Japanese?
(a) Ate frogs and slept in the snow.
(b) Ate rabbits and slept in bushes.
(c) Ate bugs and slept in thickets.
(d) Ate garbage and slept in hollow logs.

3. In Chapter 6, what did Yeonmi think was the most exciting animal she saw at the zoo in Pyongyang?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Peacock.
(c) Bear.
(d) Elephant.

4. What might temperatures reach in the winter at Hyesan?
(a) -30 degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) -40 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. In the Prologue, where did Yeonmi and her mother cross the border into China?
(a) Sangnamsa.
(b) Hyesan.
(c) Chaingbai.
(d) Samsu.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often do North Korean have to attend immiban meetings?

2. When did Yeonmi's parents meet one another?

3. Between 1998 and 2002, how many months of the year would Park Jin Sik be gone running his business in Pyongyang?

4. What would Keum Sook buy once a month for her family?

5. In Chapter 7, what camp was Park Jin Sik moved to after being tortured in a detention and interrogation center in Pyongyang?

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