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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer 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) Salted radishes.
(b) Rice.
(c) Potato.
(d) Kimchi.

2. In 2000, how many times a month could Yeonmi's family eat meat?
(a) 2 or 3 times.
(b) 1 or 2.
(c) 4 or 5.
(d) 6 or 7.

3. In Chapter 11, when did Yeonmi and her mother go to the house of the girl who left with Eunmi?
(a) March 30.
(b) March 31.
(c) April 2.
(d) April 1.

4. Over how many months did Keum Sook come and go frequently in Chapter 7 while Park Jin Sik was incarcerated?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

5. When did Yeonmi's parents get a divorce?
(a) May 2006.
(b) April 2006.
(c) March 2006.
(d) February 2006.

6. What clothes did Eunmi wear when she planned to leave North Korea in Chapter 11?
(a) Navy.
(b) Brown.
(c) Dark green.
(d) Black.

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

8. In Chapter 9, when did Keum Sook have to go into hiding?
(a) Summer 2005.
(b) Winter 2005.
(c) Spring 2005.
(d) Fall 2005.

9. How long before Yeonmi andher mother crossed into China, did Yeonmi's sister Eunmi cross?
(a) A few days.
(b) A week.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 2 days.

10. How old was Yeonmi when her mother took her to the one water pump in town to collect water at 6 a.m. and left her there all day?
(a) Not quite 4.
(b) 5 1/2.
(c) About 5.
(d) 6.

11. In Chapter 10, how far was it from Yeonmi's uncle's house to their apartment building?
(a) 1/12 miles.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 2 1/2 miles.
(d) 3 miles.

12. Where did a man Park Jin Sik knew in Chapter 10 go to work that he was able to save enough money to start a business when he returned?
(a) Russia.
(b) China.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Vietnam.

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

14. In Chapter 10, where did a man work where he ate chicken wings but did not see his family for three years?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Santo Domingo.
(d) Libya.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 9, how old was Chun Guen, Yeonmi's first love?

4. How far is it from Hyesan to Pyongyang?

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

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