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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Park Jin Sik moved back to Hyesan, on what floor was his apartment in Chapter 9?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

2. In a note, where did Eunmi tell Yeonmi to go to find a lady who would take Yeonmi to China in Chapter 11?
(a) By the bus station.
(b) Behind the market.
(c) A shack by the river.
(d) Near the train station.

3. When was Park Jin Sik sentenced to 10 years hard labor at a felony-level prison camp?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2004.

4. When Keum Sook turned herself into the police in Chapter 9, how long was she sentenced to reeducation?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) A month.
(d) 2 months.

5. How often do North Korean have to attend immiban meetings?
(a) At least once a week.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Every two weeks.
(d) At least once a month.

6. 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 bugs and slept in thickets.
(c) Ate rabbits and slept in bushes.
(d) Ate garbage and slept in hollow logs.

7. In Chapter 10, because of family connections, how long was Chun Guen supposed to serve in the military?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 8 years.

8. According to legend, when did the history of Korea begin?
(a) 2536 B.C.
(b) 2748 B.C.
(c) 2143 B.C.
(d) 2333 B.C.

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

10. In Chapter 11, who helped Yeonmi get up the stairs to her apartment after she left the hospital?
(a) Chun Guen.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her uncle.

11. What did Park Jin Sik sell on the black market when he became a black market operator?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Electronics.
(c) Luxury goods.
(d) Cigarettes.

12. In Chapter 5, in Hyesan when Yeonmi was little, for what was a young man executed for eating?
(a) A lamb.
(b) A dog.
(c) A pig.
(d) A cow.

13. How long had Park Jin Sik been in prison in Chapter 9?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

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) Libya.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Santo Domingo.

15. For how long were most North Korean men from the middle and upper classes conscripted for military service?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What clothes did Eunmi wear when she planned to leave North Korea in Chapter 11?

2. In Yeonmi's part of North Korea, how long was it normal to go without electricity?

3. For how many years was Park Dong Il sentenced to hard labor?

4. How did Yeonmi's Grandfather Byeon lose an arm and a leg?

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?

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