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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Yeonmi's Grandfather Byeon lose an arm and a leg?
(a) Cancer.
(b) In an industrial accident.
(c) In the military.
(d) Fell asleep on railroad tracks.

2. How many stories tall was the Ryugyong Hotel supposed to be?
(a) 80.
(b) 105.
(c) 100.
(d) 90.

3. Where were most of the customers from who patronized the adult-chat rooms in Chapter 17?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) South Korea.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Cambodia.

4. In Chapter 18, how much money was the daily stipend that Yeonmi and the others were given to buy food?
(a) 5 yuan.
(b) 2 yuan.
(c) 4 yuan.
(d) 7 yuan.

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) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did China purge churches during the Cultural Revolution?

2. When was Park Jin Sik born?

3. In Chapter 13, how many days had Keum Sook been gone when Zhifang tried to rape Yeonmi?

4. What was the only meat Yeonmi and her family had sometimes in Chapter 8?

5. When did Park Jin Sik attempt to use trucks instead of trains to smuggle metals out of Pyongyang?

(see the answer key)

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