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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, when Wan Sun was arrested, how long was she sentence to a labor training camp?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 12 months.
(c) 15 months.
(d) 8 months.

2. How much money did Keum Sook borrow for Yeonmi's operation in Chapter 10?
(a) 15,000 won.
(b) 10,000 won.
(c) 25,000 won.
(d) 20,000 won.

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. How much older was Yeonmi's sister Eunmi than Yeonmi?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 20 months.

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

9. When did Yeonmi's parents meet one another?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1987.

10. In Chapter 11, when did Yeonmi's father come to the hospital with the news that Eunmi was missing?
(a) 5:30 a.m.
(b) 6:30 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

11. In Chapter 8, how old was Yeonmi when her mother enrolled her in school in Kowon?
(a) 8.
(b) Not quite 11.
(c) 9.
(d) Almost 10.

12. For how many years was Park Dong Il sentenced to hard labor?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

13. 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) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

15. When was Chun Guen going into the military in Chapter 10?
(a) July.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Park Jin Sik born?

2. What did Yeonmi and her friend Yong Ja like to make in Chapter 1 to play with?

3. How many stories tall was the Ryugyong Hotel supposed to be?

4. When Park Jin Sik moved back to Hyesan, on what floor was his apartment in Chapter 9?

5. Over how many months did Keum Sook come and go frequently in Chapter 7 while Park Jin Sik was incarcerated?

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